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(except for the Ambulance Service, for which the Greater London Council
will be responsible); they are also to be the local authority for the purpose
of the accommodation and welfare of the disabled and the elderly;
they will be the children's authority and the local authority for food and
drugs and for other specified matters. The tentative proposals for the
London Borough of Harrow are that in addition to Personal, Environmental
and Mental Health, Children's, Welfare and Food and Drugs with
certain other specified matters will be placed under the jurisdiction of the
Health Department. The integration of these allied services into a unified
whole with the resulting benefits of much closer liaison would appear
to have much to recommend it.
Once again I would like to thank the Chairman and Members of the
Public Health Committee for their interest and support and also acknowledge
with thanks the friendly co-operation of my colleagues in the other
departments of the Council. Finally to Mr. S. N. King, the Chief Public
Health Inspector, Mr. Wharton, Chief Clerk, and all members of the
Department, my sincere thanks for their most willing and able assistance
during the year.
I have the honour to be
Your obedient servant
WILLIAM CORMACK
Medical Officer of Health.