[Report 1955] / Medical Officer of Health, Canterbury Borough / City & County.
- Canterbury (England). City & County Council.
- Date:
- 1955
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1955] / Medical Officer of Health, Canterbury Borough / City & County. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![and is a subject in whicli the ])nl)lic in genci'id slunikl show- interest at all focal points of discussion. Cancer, polio, tubercu- losis are all subjects readil}' identified by the coinnmnity as of public health importance. But if one made a statistical analj'sis of the relationship between the iniml>er of pot handles allowed to stick outwards on the .Ras .stove and the number of scalding acci- dents, the outward turning pot handle wmuld be found as ominous as the cigarette is to lung cancer, or the flimsy party-dress and the unguarded fire as ominous as the coughing s])utum jiositive case of tuberculo.sis. There is still plenty of .scope for preventive medicine and, as always, it needs the understanding and .support of the community if it is to achieve its objective. In calling the report to your attention I should like to thank you for your confidence and understanding, and to thank my staff for their loyal support and good service during 19oo. Your obedient servant, MACCOTM S. HARVKY.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29091536_0008.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
