[Report 1963] / Medical Officer of Health, Ilkeston Borough.
- Ilkeston (England). Borough Council.
- Date:
- 1963
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1963] / Medical Officer of Health, Ilkeston Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Childhood days remind us of mice, hamsters and other likeable creatures which might well be elevated to a sitting room role. Many shops show wallpaper murals which if illuminated might make excellent set pieces—a rotating or moving light might give the illusion of movement. With the installation of modern heating appliances the house should remain at a more constant temperature. This encourages the growing of more exotic plant arrangements and much more thought might be-given to this. Most of the modern heating appliances are attractive, far more efficient than the old, and more to be desired in every way that the old, smoking, sooty, dirty, badly regulated old grate. The English still seem to live in a world where a smoky fire flickers in a primitive draughty old cave. Because there are so many caves illness comes often and stays longer. Whilst we accent the health aspect the most obvious one of dirt no-one comments on. We have had the dirtiest winter for years. There has been little rain to wash away the accumulated deposits on pavements, roads and backyards. Gloom is made gloomier by smoke haze accumulating and becoming thicker. It is pleasant to know that there are people who want to clean out their caves and live in a clean town. HEALTH EDUCATION There were no changes in the arrangements to give publicity to the major health topics. Poster boards, exhibitions at the County Clinic and publicity in various ways all underline the way to good health. Many discussions take place at Health Committee level. The Press are most helpful in giving information about health matters. FOOD HYGIENE Efforts were made in conjunction with the Ilkeston College of Further Education to run a course on food hygiene. This had to be cancelled due to the poor response. A further effort will be made next year. At the time of writing this second course has been successful. There is a great need for much more education in food hygiene and in supervised handling of food whilst training. The expert knowledge is in the Health Department and this needs to be disseminated much more often. I am sure that low standards in the home contribute to an untold number of household diarrhoea] outbreaks and stomach upsets. The trained salesman or saleswoman in the shop could teach his or her customers much more on how to handle food and help us all to a cleaner way of life.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29494254_0017.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
