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

  • Windsor (Berkshire, England). Borough Council.
Date:
1960
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Credit: [Report 1960] / Medical Officer of Health, New Windsor Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    This leads my discussion to the use of medical excuses for rehousing. From time to time I have to ask the Housing Committee to give priority to rehousing on medical grounds but these are few compared with the number who must be told that there is nothing further I can do. Here again is the tendency to expect the Medical Officer of Health to wave a magic wand when all else fails. There are many who have waited long and patiently on a housing list and who have faced up to life's difficulties but are they to be asked to wait longer to give priority to those of weaker character who find themselves overwhelmed by difficulties with which countless people have to contend? No one will wish to deny help to the severely physically handicapped or to those to whom there is a serious risk to physical health, but the time has not yet come when all must stand by and give all aid and priority to those whose sickness of mind would be cured by a new house. I am. Your obedient Servant, S. J. McCLATCHEY, M. B. , Bo Ch. , B. A. 0. , D0 P. H. Medical Officer of Health.