[Report 1962] / Medical Officer of Health, Dudley County Borough.
- Dudley (England). County Borough Council.
- Date:
- 1962
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1962] / Medical Officer of Health, Dudley County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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!['I'he number of re<|uests reeeived for th(‘ provision of free infant foods was higher than for some time. The increase aj)peared to l)e linked witli tlie higher niiml)er of unemployed in the town towards the end ot the year. Health Education ddie main em})liasis was this year direet('d against smoking in view of its undoubted link with the incidence ol’ lun^^ cancer and other res}>irat()ry and lieaid dis('ases. In March tlu' Ministry of Health, in C'ireular (> (hJ. drew th(‘ C'onneirs attention to tlu' Hoyal C’olle^e of Physician's He))ort on “Smoking- and I health. 'hhe circular express(‘d the hope* that Local Authoi’ities would iisc' all their channels of health education to make tlu' conclusions of the He]')ort widc'ly known. 'Fins circular was followcal up by the pro- vision of various postcu's. bookmarks and other visual aid material. K\ erv etVort was made to hrin,i>‘ honu' to tlu' ^(MU'ral public and par- ticularly school sehildren the danoei- involved in this habit. d'h(“ Health C’ommittee readily a^rec'd to a su^^^x'stion that tlu^ ('(aiti’al C’ouneil for Health Education Mobile Enit should Ix' book(‘d for’ a \'isit to Dudley. This Enit. statfed by two lecturers, was erpiippc'd to show films but owinir to a heavy (hanand from otfua* Authorities it was not possilrle for a \ isit to Ix' arranj^nal diirin^^ tlu* year. Posters on \ aried tojrics wru'c displayed at th(‘ elinies and these* included “Smokini: and Lunii C’aneer. ‘Ahiccination and Immunisa- tion.' ‘d)(‘ntal Hygiene. and “Food Hy^it'iic.' Fui’ther tilni strijrs were* pui’chased for use with the pi'oj(*ctor and the film strip library now cov(‘rs a wide* ran^’e* of tojries and is used extensively by staff from the various sections of t he* 1 )(‘part ment. d'he authority is not bi^ enough at jrrese'nt to justify the ap- pointment of a Health lAlueation ()Hie(*r and it is not easy to find a memlrei of the staff with the* n(‘e(‘ssarv natural aptitude for this type of work who could also be spared from oth(*r duti(‘s in ord(‘i' to concentrate specifically on health (‘dueation. Chiropody I am unable to rcjrort any (‘xtension in the chiropody ser\ ices during the year. .Mthoujrh tin* ne(‘d for extension was ail too obx ious the service was limited by the number of chiropody clinics which could be held as no-one could b(* found to undertake* more* than three scssie)ns per week. ddie servie*e e*e)ntinues te) be run on a day to elav basis through the Olel Peo})les' Welfare Assoe*iatie)n and is still re*strie*te*d to the* ambulant a^eel anel te) resielents in the* Loe-al .Vuthority's Olel Peoples' Homes. Althe)u^h the (’e)une*irs j)roposais ine*luele* pre)vision for a direct service to the ))hvsieally hanelieap})ed. e‘X))e'e*tant me)thers and school ehilelren, this has se) far not be'cn j)ossible* and for the* reasons rnentioneel is e)nly with the* jrre‘ate*st dillie'ulty that any se*r\ ie*(* was maintaineel.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29171271_0031.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
