[Report 1960] / Medical Officer of Health, Godalming Borough.

  • Godalming (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1960
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    devices. In my opinion noise, if it continues to be uncon- trolled, will increasingly play its part in the causation of ill-health, and there is a big field here for preventive medicine: ways will have to be found of reducing noise in hospitals, of which patients frequently complain, and which disturbs their rest and delays recovery. To the Council, and to the Chairman and Members of the Housing and Public Health Committee, I would like to express my very real thanks for their encouragement and interest in the work of the Health Department. My thanks also go to Dr. Richards, to Mr. Peskett who took over from Mr. Warner on 1st April, and to all the Staff of the Depart- ment; their work and mine is made the easier by the ungrudging help which we receive from our colleagues in other Departments. Finally, I would like to pay a brief but none the less sincere tribute to Mr. Warner who retired during the year, a retirement well merited after 40 years of splendid service to this Borough. I shall always have happy memories of my all too few years of association with Mr. Warner, a sage and kindly friend, adviser, and colleague. I hope he will long live to enjoy his retirement in Godaiming, a town which he loves and in which all hold him in esteem. I am, Your Worship, Ladies and Gentlemen, Your obedient Servant, A. B. R. FINN, Medical Officer of Health.