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People's Clubs to demonstrate the use of non flammable material,
since burns in the home most often occur among the very young
and the very old. Although this may not seem at first sight to
be a subject which could come under the heading of Public Health,
it is none the less a vital issue. When one considers what is
being done in the field of immunisation and vaccination, and when
one remembers the quite apalling number of serious, often fatal
accidents which occur in the home due either to burns or to other
types of accident one realises that anything we can do to reduce
this great and increasing risk will be well worthwhile.
In conclusion, I would express my sincerest thanks to the
Public Health Committee and to the Borough Council for the continued
courtesy and assistance which I have come to expect as
Medical Officer of Health, I would also express my grateful
thanks to every member of the Public Health Department and in
particular to my Deputy, Dr. Janet Campbell, Mr. Wm. McCauley,
Chief Public Health Inspector, and to Mr. P. V. Ingram, Chief
Clerk. Any Medical Officer of Health is fortunate when he knows
that he has a loyal, conscientious and efficient staff. That,
I am extremely glad to say, has always been my own position.
I am, Mr. Mayor, Ladies and Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
W. C. HARVEY,
Medical Officer of Health.
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