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The Annual Dinner
HEALTH
PUBLIC
THE JOURNAL OF
T H E SOCIETY OF M E D I C A L O F F I C E R S OF H E A L T H
No. 3.
DECEMBER, 1936
Vol. L.
Editorial
Subscription 81s. 6d. per annum, post free, in advance. Single copies %. 6d. post free. "Public Health" is the Official Organ of the Society of .Medical Officers of Health and a suitable medium for the advertisement of official appointment~ vacant in the health service. Space is also available for a certain number of approved commercial advertisements. Application should be made to the Executive Secretary of the Society, at 1, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London, W.C.1.
Contents Editorial PAGE
T h e Annual Dinner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Quo Vadis ? . . . . . . . . . . T h e M i n i s t r y of ttea'tti L 193~5-'¢6 .,. iii ... S l u m Clearance and Health T u b e r c u l o s i s Reports f r o m Lancashire and Cheshire ... ,.. Bacteriology and Pu/~iic He~l'th Practice . . . . . . T h e Last T h i r t y Years . . . . . . . . . . . .
67 67 68 69 70 70 71
Obituary Willoughby tV[ason Willoughby, M,D., D.P.H . . . . Rashell T . Davison, M.D., M.mC,S. . . . . . . . . . Frederick William Oldershaw, M.R.C.S., L.mC.P., D.P.II.
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Francis J o s e p h Sadlcr, M.D,, D.P.H . . . . . . .
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Special Articles T h e Diagnosis of Health.
By S. T . Beggs, M.D.,
The report of the Annual Dinner which appears on a later page in this issue hardly does justice in cold print to the success of the Society's big " social occasion" of the year. The number attending, about 230, was second only to the " record " of last year's farewell to Sir George Newman, and all sections within the Society-the " administrators and the experts "--were well represented, the Departmental Officers having rallied in force to support Dr. Ernest Ward. And amply did our President reward us with a delightfully witty reply to the Minister of Health's speech proposing the toast of the Society. Dr. F. T. H. Wood, too, struck exactly the right note in welcoming the guests, and the replies by Sir Cuthbert Wallace and Sir Comyn s Berkeley were evidence that the evening had been enjoyed. It is doubtful whether the Annual Dinners of learned and other bodies always have the " prestige value " which is, perhaps, their main raison d'Etre, but this year's function of our Society was fully justified by the high level of the speeches and the pleasure which they afforded both to guests and members. Dulce est desipere in loco.
73
D.P.H.
Hereditary Disease in' Relat}on to"itacial"iTitness: By C. N. A r m s t r o n g , M.m, M.R.C.P., D.P.H . . . .
Papers and Discussions. in Brief or Abstract Causation of Dental Caries . . . . . . . . . . . . T h e N e w Midwives Service Paisley Infectious Diseases Hospital ......
The Central Council for Health Education N i n t h Annual Conference ... Committee on Health and C o m f o r t Conditions in Housing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Society of Medical Officers of Health T h e Annual D i n n e r . . . . . Council M e e t i n g .. . . . Ordinary M e e t i n g . . . . . Annual General Meeting . Branch and G r o u p Meetings
The Annual Dinner
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Book Reviews Laboratory Practice ... O u r B a b y - - f o r M o t h e r s and N u r s e s ...... H a p p y Babies and T h e i r M o t h e r s . . . . .... . . T h e Care o f Children from O n e to Five Years ... T h e Story of a T o o t h . . . . . . . . . . . .
77 Quo Vadis ? To the business man stock-taldng and the production of a balance-sheet are invaluable yearly 82 checks on the progress and position of his business. 86 8s To the Medical Officer of Health the preparation of the Annual Report performs the same useful office. But our profession, as a whole, is only .q0 compelled to take stock of itself and its aims when 97 some crisis or the impact of a new idea forces us to approve or oppose some policy or plan--when we are forced to give, in effect, the benefit of our 9s collective advice to tile nation. 100 104 We are in just such a position at the present time. 105 The nation is being asked to endorse a plan for 10(i improving the national physique, and, to judge from the published views of such leaders of our 1J0 profession as L o r d Dawson, Lord Horder and Sir 110 Francis Fremantle, the occasion is rightly being 110 to examine the position on the broadest lines. tlo H0 The cynic may note the coincidence of the failure 87
PUBLIC
THE JOURNAL OF
T H E SOCIETY OF M E D I C A L O F F I C E R S OF H E A L T H
No. 3.
DECEMBER, 1936
Vol. L.
Editorial
Subscription 81s. 6d. per annum, post free, in advance. Single copies %. 6d. post free. "Public Health" is the Official Organ of the Society of .Medical Officers of Health and a suitable medium for the advertisement of official appointment~ vacant in the health service. Space is also available for a certain number of approved commercial advertisements. Application should be made to the Executive Secretary of the Society, at 1, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London, W.C.1.
Contents Editorial PAGE
T h e Annual Dinner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Quo Vadis ? . . . . . . . . . . T h e M i n i s t r y of ttea'tti L 193~5-'¢6 .,. iii ... S l u m Clearance and Health T u b e r c u l o s i s Reports f r o m Lancashire and Cheshire ... ,.. Bacteriology and Pu/~iic He~l'th Practice . . . . . . T h e Last T h i r t y Years . . . . . . . . . . . .
67 67 68 69 70 70 71
Obituary Willoughby tV[ason Willoughby, M,D., D.P.H . . . . Rashell T . Davison, M.D., M.mC,S. . . . . . . . . . Frederick William Oldershaw, M.R.C.S., L.mC.P., D.P.II.
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.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
Francis J o s e p h Sadlcr, M.D,, D.P.H . . . . . . .
72 72 72 72
Special Articles T h e Diagnosis of Health.
By S. T . Beggs, M.D.,
The report of the Annual Dinner which appears on a later page in this issue hardly does justice in cold print to the success of the Society's big " social occasion" of the year. The number attending, about 230, was second only to the " record " of last year's farewell to Sir George Newman, and all sections within the Society-the " administrators and the experts "--were well represented, the Departmental Officers having rallied in force to support Dr. Ernest Ward. And amply did our President reward us with a delightfully witty reply to the Minister of Health's speech proposing the toast of the Society. Dr. F. T. H. Wood, too, struck exactly the right note in welcoming the guests, and the replies by Sir Cuthbert Wallace and Sir Comyn s Berkeley were evidence that the evening had been enjoyed. It is doubtful whether the Annual Dinners of learned and other bodies always have the " prestige value " which is, perhaps, their main raison d'Etre, but this year's function of our Society was fully justified by the high level of the speeches and the pleasure which they afforded both to guests and members. Dulce est desipere in loco.
73
D.P.H.
Hereditary Disease in' Relat}on to"itacial"iTitness: By C. N. A r m s t r o n g , M.m, M.R.C.P., D.P.H . . . .
Papers and Discussions. in Brief or Abstract Causation of Dental Caries . . . . . . . . . . . . T h e N e w Midwives Service Paisley Infectious Diseases Hospital ......
The Central Council for Health Education N i n t h Annual Conference ... Committee on Health and C o m f o r t Conditions in Housing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Society of Medical Officers of Health T h e Annual D i n n e r . . . . . Council M e e t i n g .. . . . Ordinary M e e t i n g . . . . . Annual General Meeting . Branch and G r o u p Meetings
The Annual Dinner
. . . .
. . . .
. . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .........
. . . . . . . .
Book Reviews Laboratory Practice ... O u r B a b y - - f o r M o t h e r s and N u r s e s ...... H a p p y Babies and T h e i r M o t h e r s . . . . .... . . T h e Care o f Children from O n e to Five Years ... T h e Story of a T o o t h . . . . . . . . . . . .
77 Quo Vadis ? To the business man stock-taldng and the production of a balance-sheet are invaluable yearly 82 checks on the progress and position of his business. 86 8s To the Medical Officer of Health the preparation of the Annual Report performs the same useful office. But our profession, as a whole, is only .q0 compelled to take stock of itself and its aims when 97 some crisis or the impact of a new idea forces us to approve or oppose some policy or plan--when we are forced to give, in effect, the benefit of our 9s collective advice to tile nation. 100 104 We are in just such a position at the present time. 105 The nation is being asked to endorse a plan for 10(i improving the national physique, and, to judge from the published views of such leaders of our 1J0 profession as L o r d Dawson, Lord Horder and Sir 110 Francis Fremantle, the occasion is rightly being 110 to examine the position on the broadest lines. tlo H0 The cynic may note the coincidence of the failure 87