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Hackney 1959

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]

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Organisation
Hackney Central Labour Party
(Women's Section Kingsmead Ward)
Subject
Smoke Abatement. The Clean Air Act,
1956. Domestic Smoke Control (with film
"The Future is Electric").
Harmony Club
National Guild of Co-operators,
Clapton Branch
Hackney Central Labour Party
The Work of the Public Health Department.
Atmospheric Pollution (with film strip).
Atmospheric Pollution (with film "Smoke
Abatement in Pittsburg").
London Fields Fellowship
Discussion Group
Clapton Park Men's Fellowship
Smoke Control Areas (with film "Guilty
Chimneys").
Smoke Control Areas (with film "Guilty
Chimneys").
CONFERENCES AND MEETINGS
The Chairman of the Public Health Committee (Alderman B. Cohen) and the
Medical Officer of Health attended a Conference on The Elderly in the
Community, held by The Central Council for Health Education at B.M.A. House,
London, on Thursday, 22nd January, 1959.
The Chairman of the Public Health Committee (Alderman B Cohen) and the
Medical Officer of Health attended a Joint Conference of Local Authorities
(Clean Air Act, 1956) at the Municipal Offices, Woodford, on Friday, 13th
February, 1959.
The Chairman of the Public Health Committee (Alderman B Cohen) and the
Medical Officer of Health attended the Health Congress of The Royal Society
of Health at Harrogate, from the 27th April to 1st May, 1959.
The chairman and Vice Chairman of the Public Health Committee (Councillor
Mrs S. Sherman and Councillor J. W. Hubbard), the Deputy Medical Officer of
Health, and the Clean Air and Factories Inspector, attended a Joint Conference
of Local Authorities (Clean Air Act, 1956) at Walthamstow Town Hall, on Friday,
12th June, 1959.
The Vice-chairman of the Public Health Committee (Councillor J W
Hubbard) and the Chief Public Health Inspector, attended the Annual Conference
of the Association of Public Health Inspectors at Margate, from the 15th to
18th September, 1959.
Alderman L. Sherman and the Medical Officer of Health attended the
Diamond Jubilee International Clean Air Conference and Exhibition of the
National Society for Clean Air, held in London from October 20th 23rd, 1959.
The Medical Officer of Health attended a Sessional Meeting of the Royal
Society of Health on Social Workers and the Local Health and Welfare Authority,
held at Caxton Hall, London, on November 18th, 1959.
The Chief Public Health Inspector, the Senior District Public Health
Inspector, and one Food Inspector attended a course of eleven weekly lectures
from Monday, 6th January, 1959, on Radioactivity and its Hazards, held by the
Sir John Cass College, London.
Three Public Health Inspectors attended a Week-end School arranged by the
Association of Public Health Inspectors at Clacton-on Sea from Friday evening
to Sunday afternoon, 24th-26th April, 1959.
The clean Air and Factories Inspector, and one Food Inspector, attended
a two-day course for Public Health Inspectors on Modern Methods of Presenting