[Report 1963] / Medical Officer of Health, Leatherhead U.D.C.

  • Leatherhead (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1963
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Credit: [Report 1963] / Medical Officer of Health, Leatherhead U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    MPRTUARY FACILITIES A mortuary is owned and maintained by the Council in Emlyn Lane, Leatherhead* It is equipped with a refrigeration chamber which can accommodate three bodies* Facilities have been granted to the Dor Icing Urban District and the Dorking and Horley Rural District Councils to use the mortuary on a mutually satisfactory financial basis* Eighty-eight bodies were removed to the mortuary during the year, including 24 from the Dorking Urban District and 16 from the Dorking and Horley Rural District and 13 from the Guildford Rural District* In addition, 13 bodies which would normally have been admitted to the Leatherhead Mortuary, were transferred to the mortuary maintained by the Epsom Borough Council* Of these 6 were from the Leatherhead Urban District, 6 from the Dorking Urban District and 1 from the Guildford Rural District* The Council has recognised that the mortuary falls short of the present day requirements, and has decided that the most satisfactory way for the problem to be approached irauld be by a scheme for the centralisation of public mortuary and post-mortem services at the Epsom District Hospital in conjunction with neighbouring local authorities and the Regional Hospital Board. The implementation of the scheme depends upon the rate of progress made in the redevelopment of the hospital. CREMATORIUM AT RANDALLS PARK»LEATHERHEAD Probably a majority of people now accept cremation as the ideal method of disposing of the dead and there are certainly good reasons for supporting it on the grounds of public health* The crematorium at Randalls Park, Leatherhead, provides an essential service for this and neighbouring areas. It is so well sited that it Is able to do this without any inconvenience to other sections of the community* THE PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICES Care of Mothers* Young Children, etc. The provision of services relating to the care of mothers and young children, midwifery, health visiting, home nursing, immunisation and vaccination, ambulance and domestic help are the responsibility of the Surrey County Council, as local health authority* Day-to-day administration is oarried on by the Central Divisional Health Sub-Committee with offices at Ashley House, Epsom, under the direction of Dr.?. H. R* Anderson, the Divisional I'fedical Officer, Details of local, clinics are given on page 10. IMMUNISATION AGAINST INFECTIOUS DISEASES Immunisation against diphtheria and tetanus and vaccination against smallpox and whooping cough can be obtained from general praotitioners under the terms of the National Health Service Act, or from (8)