[Report 1971] / Medical Officer of Health, Ashton-under-Lyne Borough.

  • Ashton-under-Lyne (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1971
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Credit: [Report 1971] / Medical Officer of Health, Ashton-under-Lyne Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    k. 1971 was again a year in which change was very much in the air. In previous reports I have commented on the proposed set-up of the new Social Services Department and steps were well in hand for this by the end of 1971• At the time of writing this letter, the services have already been in being for some months. During the year, however, information became available in connection with the reorganisation of Local Government and the National Health Services and from the information which we now have available, it seems likely that this will be almost the last report of a Medidal Officer of Health and Chief Public Health Inspector for your Borough. In 197^ the post of Medical Officer of Health ceases to become a statutory appointment and although there is likely to be some connection between the new Local Authority and a Medical Officer in the new area Health Board, the form which this link will take is not yet clearly defined. The work of the Department and officers between now and 197^ is likely to be increasingly taken up with the preparation for the new set-up and no doubt by the time the last of these annual reports is prepared, most of the reorganisation and preparation will be completed, ready for the new authority to take over in 197^- Finally, I would like to thank the Committee for their support during the year and particularly to thank Mr.Houldsworth and the staff of the Health Department for the tremendous amount of work that they have completed during the year. I am, Ladies and Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, ALUN B.DAVIES, Medical Officer of Health