[Report 1945] / Medical Officer of Health, Pudsey Borough.

  • Pudsey (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1945
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Credit: [Report 1945] / Medical Officer of Health, Pudsey Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    after their passag'e through these terrible War years. And so we have taken the changes in the various Departments in the spirit that one should, as it was something that was expected would occur now that the strain was over, when men and wmmen would be returning to their usual avocations. There are new faces no doub't, as we would expect, as some have left us to better them¬ selves, taking with them, the knowledge and experience gained whilst serving wdth us. Others have married, and 3^et others again who have helped during these years (coming to help us from the quiet comfort of their homes), have gone l)ack for a Avell earned rest after work well done. Those that have come back do not ajjpear to me to be the same men and women. Really, they are not the same, the} have undergone experience that none of them little dreamed of, seen countries and places and undergone hardships that I am sure will make them better citizens of the future ; help them to understand the greatness, peculiarities and differences of these various ‘’out¬ posts of En'ipire,” their vastness and extent, and how great was the undertaking of their forefathers, who have handed on to them a heritage, which the}^ must in all fairness maintain. All this makes for good citizenship. We will be better men and women in the future iPor these experiences, and there will not be that foolish misunderstanding of race, and the degradation of “colour” which only has ignorance and misconception for the peculiar angles of thought that it has taken. Our work in Pudsey, during these years has gone on steadily, and it is amazing to recollect how we have carried on Avith depleted and varied staff during that period, which only goes to show that we need not despair of the types of men and women Avith whom we have to Avork, and associate in this present age. And in this atmosphere Avhich I have endeaA^oured to place before you, I have nothing but pleasure in recording the fact that the Avork has gone on pleasantly and smoothly, and the health of the toAvn has been such that Ave can be justly proud of the higdi standard that Ave have reached in all Departments of our Public Health activities. 'fhe incidence of measles has loomed very large in our statistics as the table of notifiable diseases shoAvs. There you Avill find 507 cases of this disease recorded, and if this number Avere de¬ ducted from the total incidence of disease in this Borough for 1945, Avhich is 637 cases, it will give a figure Avhich will compare extremely facmurably AAuth the contiguous Boroughs. 1 hus, Pudsey, has every reason to be justifiably proud of its Public Health activities during IP^S. In conclusion 1 beg to offer my sincere thanks to all thnse Avho have helped me in my Avork during the year. Their co¬ operation and good felloAVship have been much appreciated by my¬ self, and T AAOsh to record the good relationship that still exists be- tAveen the present Chairman, Alderman R. Ogden, and myself, and T am much indebted to him for help and assistance to me Avhenever