[Report 1969] / Medical Officer of Health, Burnley County Borough.

  • Burnley (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1969
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Credit: [Report 1969] / Medical Officer of Health, Burnley County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Public Health Department, 18 Nicholas Street, BURNLEY June 1970. Mr, Mayor, Ladies and Gentlemen, I trust that you will find my Annual Report for 1969 interesting and informative. The Health Department is never static. New problems always arise and we look forward to branch Health Centres being included in the current Five Year Pro gramme of New Schemes, Much of the planning has already been done for the new Saunder Bank Health Centre, the building of which is due to commence soon after this Report is published. Liaison with general medical practitioners is going ahead, and within the next year it should be possible by practice basing the Health Visitors to arrange attachment to the various group practices. It is also intended for district nurses and municipal midwives to be attached to group practices in order to form a community health team. Various reports on the futin*e administration of the health services, including the Social Services Bill, entailed much discussion during the year for our Personal Services Committee as well as for the Local Executive Council and the Hospital Management Committee, In an effort tOvUnite the three branches of the Health Service it is anticipated that the administration of the medical service will eventually be carried out by a Regional or Area Health Board, The welfare provisions for the community will still continue to be administered by the Local Authority, The Registrar General informs us that the population of the Borough has decreased by 270, Factors which determine this are migration, births and deaths. Births, however, during the year were higher than the national average and they exceeded the number of deaths by 72, For some years the balance of movement has generally been outwards, several having migrated from Burnley as they have indeed from other parts of Lancashire, There are very pleasant areas in the neighbourhood of Burnley and many no doubt have settled there, A more recent help in population replacement is provided by the Town Council’s planned scheme to encourage families to come to Burnley,