[Report 1958] / Medical Officer of Health, Somerset County Council.

  • Somerset (England). County Council.
Date:
1958
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    TO THE CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OP THE HEALTH COMMITTEE OP THE SOMERSET COUNTY COUNCIL Mr« Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen, I have the honour to submit my Twenty-second Annual Report on the Public Health Services of the County. The Report gives the statistical details which are required by the Ministry of Health, and it covers the many services now provided by your County Health Department. There is today a tendency to give special prominence to the services dealing with personal hygiene, but the older and basic services of environmental hygiene retain their great importance, and the whole structure of modern Public Health work still depends on their continued and proper development. I am happy to report to you that generally the health stand¬ ards of the people of Somerset, and particularly of the County's children, continue on a high and satisfactory level. In the many phases of work for which I am responsible, the Department has been greatly assisted by much voluntary help given by organisations and individuals, and for all this I am most grateful. Under increasing pressure, the members of your Staff of all grades have given cheerful and efficient help, and I consider, in addition, that the relations of your Department with all the other bodies associated with the practice of medicine in Somerset have continued to be smooth and mutually helpful. I am. Yours faithfully, J. P. DAVIDSON, County Medical Officer of Health. County Hall, Taunton. July, 1959.