[Report 1953] / Medical Officer of Health, Pudsey Borough.

  • Pudsey (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1953
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Credit: [Report 1953] / Medical Officer of Health, Pudsey Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Much assistance has continued to be g’iven by the health visitors, home nurses and home helps to the many old people in the Borough. An important contribution to the welfare of the ag^ed is the provision of small dwellings suitable to their needs. Many old people handicapped by inhrmity or chronic disease, are at present living- in old houses lacking modern amenities, often too large for them to manage and with steep and badly lighted stairs and cellar stens. Such conditions can become an intolerable burden and contri- byte to their eventual inability to live an independent existence in their own homes. As the Borough of Pudsey is included in Division 5 of the West Riding Count}^ Councibs Divisional Administration of the Preventive Medical Services, I have included in an appendix to this Report, as in previous years, information and statistics relating to these services. In conclusion I thank the Chairman and Members of the Committee for the consideration and support which the}^ have extended to me. I would also thank the officers of the Council for their kind co-operation, and the staff of the Health Department for their loyal and valuable assistance. 1 have the honour to be, Your obedient Servant, G. P. HOLDERNESS, Medical Officer of Health