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Talks given by the staff of the Department included the following:-
Organisation Subject
Downs Methodist Church Young Wives "The Work of the Public Health
Club Department" (two lectures)
Stamford Hill Congregational Church "Welfare of Aged and/or Handicapped
Persons"
St. Mark's with St. Bartholomew's "Co-operation the Keynote of Public
Church - Men's Forum Health Work"
The Department co-operated fully with the staff of Division 4, London
County Council, in giving the maximum publicity possible to the campaigns for
vaccination against poliomyelitis and immunisation against diphtheria.
CONFERENCES AND MEETINGS
The Deputy Medical Officer of Health and the Clean Air and Factories
Inspector attended a Meeting of the Joint Conference of Local Authoriti es
(Clean Air Act, 1956) at the Civic Centre. Dagenham. on Friday. 17th March, 1961.
The Vice Chairman of the Public Health Committee.(Councillor J. W. Hubbard)
and the Medical Officer of Health, attended the Royal Society of Health Congress
at Blackpool from Monday. 24th April, to Friday. 28th April, 1961.
The Medical Officer of Health attended a meeting of the Standing Conference
of Bodies Co-operating in the Investigation of Atmo spheric Pollution held at
the Institution of Civil Engineers, London, on Monday, 29th May, 1961.
The Chief Public Health Inspector represented the Medical Officer of
Health at the Annual General Meeting of the South East Division of the National
Society for Clean Air held at Caxton Hall, London, on June 9th, 1961.
The Medical Officer of Health attended a Refresher Cburse for District
Medical Officers of Health, arranged by The Society o f M edical Officers of
Health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, from the 21st to
23rd September, 1961
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 Bournemouth from the 19th to 22nd
September 1961.
The Chairman of the Public Health Committee (Councillor M. Blitz) and the
Medical Officer of Health attended the Annual Conference of the National
Society for Clean Air at Brighton from the 4th to the 6th October, 1961.
The Chairman of the Public Health Committee (Councillor M. Blitz) the
Medical Officer of Health, and the Clean Air and Factories Inspector attended a
meeting of the Joint Conference of Local Authorities (Clean Air Act, 1956) held
at Hackney Town Hall on Wednesday, 18th October 1961,
Councillor Mrs. 0. B, Wager a Member of the Public Health Committee, and
the Medical Officer of Health attended the first National Home Safety Conference
of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents held at Church House.
Westminster, SW. 1. on Wednesday 1st November, 1961,