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APPENDIX 3
M i see 11aneous
(a) Letters to Doctors
The following letters were sent to practitioners during 1954
January Infectious Diseases.
February Sonne Dysentery.
March Collection of Laboratory Specimens.
May Demonstration at Central public
Health Laboratory.
June Exclusion from School.
June Public Health Services Handbook.
September Notification of Infectious Diseases.
October Mass Radiography.
October Investigation into Salmonella
Infections.
December Influenza.
December Notifying case of Poliomyelitis.
(b) Medical Examinations
During the year forty four medical examinations were carried
out. Ten of these were in respect of entrants to the Council s
employ, for acceptance into the Superannuation Scheme thirteen
in respect of workmen in the Council's employ for acceptance
into the Superannuation Scheme and twenty-one in respect of
workmen for acceptance into the sickness pay scheme.
In addition twenty five medical reports were issued relating
to employees absent from duty through sickness.
(c) Accidents in the Home
As the Public Herlth Department is keenly interested in all
the factors which influence health or which are likely to be
followed by a state of ill-health, the question of accidents in
the home has received attention.
After full consideration I came to the conclusion that
accidents in the home was a subject which properly belonged to
the personal health services, and which should primarily be
considered as part of my duties as Area Medical Officer.Although
the Borough Council has always shown a keen interest in thismost
important subject it will be appreciated that,to avoid over-lap
ping a problem of this nature and magnitude must of necessity be
given the force ofsingle direction.As I am Area Medical Officer as
well as Medical Officer of Health for Wood Green and could, there
fore easily correlate the campaign this presented no difficulty.
During the year we accepted the offer of an attractive
booklet setting out in considerable detail hazards in the home
what they were and how they could be avoided. This booklet was
published on behalf of the Area Health Committee, but had a
cover design incorporating the Coat of Arms of the Boroughs and
Urban District Councils included in Area No. 2. Distribution of
the booklet, which proved most acceptable to parents and to
citizens generally was undertaken by the Public Health Department
the Area Health Office, clinics and libraries.
I have also taken the opportunity to refer to accidents in
the home,, indeed to accidents generally, in various articles
which I wrote for 'Better Health and which, with the usual
courtesy of the Editors of our local press,, have appeared from
time to time in local newspapers.
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