[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Romford].

  • Romford (London, England). Municipal Borough.
Date:
[1951]
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    8 BOROUGH OF ROMFORD To His Worship The Mayor, Aldermen, and Councillors of the Borough of Romford. Mr. Mayor, Ladies, and Gentlemen, 1 have the honour, herewith, to present to you this, my Annual Report on the Health of the District for the year 1950. This is the Seventeenth Report in the series since 1 was appointed your Medical Officer of Health, and it is drawn up in accordance with the requirements of Articles 6(3) and 17(5) of the Sanitary Officers' (Outside London) Regulations, 1935, as modified by Circular No. 112/50 of the Ministry of Health, dated 6th Decem ber, 1950. This circular states that the Report should be prepared on the lines of that for 1949. For the reasons mentioned m last year's report, the following pages deal, in part, with the Health Services administered in this Area by the Essex County Council, as the Local Authority for those services, in accordance with the National Health Service Act, 1946. Under the Scheme of the County, Health Area No. 6 is coterminous with the Borough of Romford, and your Medical Officer of Health also holds the appointment of Acting Area Medical Officer. Furthermore, your Medical Officer holds the appointment of Borough School Medical Officer. It will be appreciated that such an arrangement is in the best interests of a unified service. The district continues to grow, if not in area, at any rate in population, and, as is well known, this is largely accounted for by the establishment of the London County Council Estate at Harold Hill. Progress in development will continue there for a few years yet, and will, no doubt, bring its own problems. The general statistics, 1 feel, are again satisfactory and en couraging. As in the past, my thanks go to all the members of my staff who have assisted in the work in their own individual spheres, and in the compilation of this report; to my fellow officials for their kind aid during the year; and to all the members of the Council and Health Area Sub-Committee, who, at all times, have shown a keen interest in matters pertaining to the health and well-being of the inhabitants of the town. I am, Mr. Mayor, Ladies, and Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, JAMES B. SAMSON, Medical Officer of Health. Public Health Department, Town Hall, Romeord. May, 1951,