[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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![No further property was taken into store diirino’ the year, sne- eessfnl efforts being made to resolve the prol)lems whieh arose in other ways. The })ro])erty store is also used to store gifts of furni- ture, ete.. whieh are distril)nted in eases wlua’e there is an urgent need. Burials and Cremations d'hree funerals were earric'd out during the y(‘ar. oi’ p(‘rsons who died whilst in the C’ommitte(''s care in Old Peopl(‘'s Homes. I com- mented last year that an increasing mimlx'r of people now (pialifv for death graiit. whieh has some effect on the number of recpiests to the Local Authority for assistance with burials. In IDttlh how- ever. the funerals carried out were necessary not for tinaneiai reasons but because there were no relatives availal)l(‘. Conclusion I have referred in the Uejiort to a number of Organisations whose assistance to the Department during the year is invaluable, but my Report would be ineonipl(‘t(‘ without an (‘xpri'ssion of thanks to the following: Diidkw Rotarv ('lub. Dudh'V 'rrainino’ ('olle<'-v. l)udle\' Round 4'able. Messrs. Kendricks ('oaehes. Imu'r WhecT Infantih' Raral\sis Fellowship. Licensed \detuahers. St. .John's .Vmbulanei* Brigade and Cadets. Red Cross, 'rownswomen's Ouild. Local M('dieal PraetitioiK'rs and hospitals, tlu' National As- sistance Hoard and Ministry of Ptaisions and National Insurance art' again to be thanked lor their willing help and co-operation in rt'- solving many problems with whieh tlu' Dt'partnu'nt was eontVonted during the year.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29171271_0045.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
