[Report 1908] / Medical Officer of Health, Bury County Borough.

  • Bury (Greater Manchester, England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1908
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Credit: [Report 1908] / Medical Officer of Health, Bury County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    During the year new legal enactments have come into force which will, no doubt, have an important bearing on the health and welfare of the town. Chief amongst these are (a) for the Medical Inspection of School Children (Administrative Provisions Act, 1907), and (b) for the Notification of Births (Notification of Births Act, 1907). Much is to be expected from these, to obtain (a) higher physical standard, and (b) a lower Infant Mortality. Much benefit should accrue from the Medical Inspection of School Children. The first report dealing with this shows that legislation was necessary, and it is only by realising the import¬ ance of this work that we can hope to maintain such a physical and mental condition in the children as will ensure their becoming good citizens. With regard to the Housing of the Working Classes, much attention has been given to the problem by the Housing Com¬ mittee. Perhaps o?ie of the most unsatisfactory features of this Report is that dealing with “ Houses Let-in-Lodgings/J or, as they are better known, cc Furnished Rooms.” Much remains to be done to improve the conditions under which the poorer classes are housed under this system. For special items of information in this Report, I am indebted to Messrs. A. W. Bradley, H. C. Cass, W. Clough, R. B. Rigby, J. Isherwood, S. Comfort, and to other public officials; also to many Medical Officers of Health, more particularly my predecessor, Dr. Brindley, for the valuable aid given by the statistical records he had kept, and Dr. Cullen for his important Educational work. I have also to thank all the members of my staff for their loyalty and co-operation in their respective capacities. Especially am I grateful to you for the courtesy, co-operation, and kind consideration extended to me. I am, Gentlemen, Your obedient Servant, ROBERT BURNET, Medical Officer of Health.
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