[Report 1959] / Medical Officer of Health, Harlow U.D.C.

  • Harlow (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1959
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Credit: [Report 1959] / Medical Officer of Health, Harlow U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    To the Chairman and Members of the Harlow Urban District Councils LADIES and GENTLEMEN, In accordance with paragraph 15(5) of the Public Health Officers Regulations, 1959,^ and the Ministry of Health's Circular l/60 dated 8th January, 1960, I have pleasure in submitting to you my Annual Report for the year 1959* Publication has been delayed because of the reorganisation of my department made necessary by the winding up of the Medical Services (Administration) Joint Committee and because of the retirement of your Chief Public Health Inspector - both in June, 1960* For administrative reasons this report had to be divorced from those for the Epping Urban and Epping & Ongar Rural Districts, although the Joint Committee was still in existence during the period reviewed* A separate report for Harlow has definite advantages because it deals with matters concerning only this district and thus makes reading easier* On the other hand, however, it does not afford the opportunity of making comparisons with conditions in the surrounding area* This year the Annual Report is printed by the ’’Duplimat” method and I hope you will find its appearance improved* Turning now to the contents of the report, you will see that the statistics indicate that Harlow enjoyed a high birth rate, low mortality and absence of outbreaks of serious diseases* As usual, the birth and death rates are given as 'crude' and 'adjusted', the latter to make allowance for the way the sex and age structure of the local population differs from that of England and Wales* The other sections of the report describe the various activities of the Council's Public Health Department aimed at preventing disease and promoting health*