[Report 1972] / Medical Officer of Health, Maidstone U.D.C. / Borough.

  • Maidstone (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1972
Catalogue details

Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

Credit: [Report 1972] / Medical Officer of Health, Maidstone U.D.C. / Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

    6/56 (page 2)
    As in the past, I am indebted to many people for their co-operation in the preparation of this Report, and I am particularly grateful to those who are not employed by Local Authorities but who have willingly given the information asked for in order to complete the picture of any particular aspect of public health. I am glad to acknowledge the reports or statistics supplied to me by Dr. A. Elliott, County Medical Officer; Dr0 A. P. Bentley, the Consultant Chest Physician; Dre A. La Furniss, Director of the Public Health Laboratory at Preston Hall; Mr. B. E« Coleman, Divisional Engineer of the Mid Kent Water Company, and tne general practitioners and hospital staffs in the town. My thanks are also due to Mr0 A. Hc Basford, the Chief Public Health Inspector, for his account of some of the environmental services referred to in this Report; to Mr. R. Orrell, the Borough Engineer; and to Mr. C, G. Boyce, the Housing Manager. I am glad also to record my appreciation of the help and encouragement of the Chairman and Members of the Health Committee and of the Council. May I also thank my Secretary, Miss Angela Humphrey, for her work on this Report and for her loyal co-operation in the difficult task of taking over a new post. I have the Honour to be Your Worship, Ladies and Gentlemen Your obedient Servant Medical Officer of Health