[Report 1956] / Medical Officer of Health, Darlington County Borough.
- Darlington (England). County Borough Council.
- Date:
- 1956
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1956] / Medical Officer of Health, Darlington County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![56 PART V. Growing Points § 1. HEALTH EDUCATION. There are no fresh developments to report in respect of health education during 1956. After the somewhat perturbed public feelings over the proposed scheme for fluoridation of water supplies there were perhaps some advantages to be had from a quiet period. The procedure outlined in previous reports was maintained, but only one bulletin was sent round to the various groups with whom the Health Department maintains contact, dealing this time with vaccination against poliomyelitis. Your Medical Officer of Health, together with other members of your staff, held themselves ready to speak to meetings of all kinds as and when they might be invited and from the list of the dates and subjects chosen, printed below, it will be seen that protection against poliomyelitis was a favourite subject for discussion. Certain special considerations arising from the relatively high incidence of poliomyelitis in the town during the year are dealt with elsewhere in an Appendix and it will suffice to say in this context that little, if any, opposition was encountered to the proposed vaccination. Because of an unfortunate accident in the United States of America which had received wide publicity in the press of this country, some degree of “ sales resistance ” might have been anticipated, but it was in fact of negligible extent. TALKS AND LECTURES Date Association Jan. 18 Albert Road Parent-Teacher Asso- ciation Feb. 16 Eastbourne Primary Parent- Teacher Association ... Peb. 28 Nursery School Teachers’ Associa- tion Mar. 16 Beaumont Street Parent-Teacher Association Mar. 21 Cockerton Co-operative Women’s Guild ... Mar. 27 North Road Primary Home and School Council Apr. 9 Victoria Road Townwomen’s Guild Apr. 10 Licensed Victuallers’ Association Apr. 13 Market Stallholders Apr. 17 Darlington Grocers’ Association ... May 1 Darlington Central Co-operative Women’s Guild May ] Royal College of Midwives May 10 Central Townswomen’s Guild May 14 Factory Canteen Workers May 29 Darlington Bakers’ Association ... June 20 Union of Shop Distributive and Allied Workers Subject Speaker Healthy Teeth ... ... Dr. Walker Health of the School Child Dr. Walker Brains Trust ... ... Dr. Walker Prevention of Poliomyelitis Dr. Walker Prevention of Poliomj'^elitis Dr. Walker Prevention of Poliomyelitis Dr. Walker Prevention of Poliomyelitis Dr. Walker Pood Hygiene Regulations Mr. Ward Food Hygiene Regulations Mr. Ward Pood Hygiene Regulations Mr. Ward Prevention of Poliomyelitis Dr. Walker The Work of the Public Health Inspector ... Mr. Ward Prevention of Poliomyelitis Dr. Walker Pood Hygiene in Factory Canteens ... ... Mr. Ward Pood Hygiene ... ... Mr. Ward Food Hygiene ... ... Mr. Ward](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b2914937x_0059.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
