Hammersmith Guide to Health and Welfare Services

? Mention should be made of the excellent free guide to the Health and Welfare c. rvices of Hammersmith which is at present issued annually by the Borough Coun-j, ? It is something of a blueprint for the kind of information which such a guide ^?uld contain and for the method of arrangement. Following the opening list of , ^alth Committee members and a clear and simple index, it gives detailed and care-p subdivisions of the borough's health work. For example, the section entitled "The ^^?ly Doctor", which is included as part of the General Medical Services section Q. lhe guide, is in its turn subdivided under sections such as the medical card, change s doctors, absences from home, accident or emergency, availability of health ^ices to private patients, and a list of doctors who have undertaken to provide ?:^ional Health Services within the Hammersmith area, arranged in two groups: ?Se living inside and outside the borough. l The guide virtually includes information on every group of services covered by h alt.h and welfare in Hammersmith, including the voluntary societies, with compre-, jisive lists of relevant addresses and maps. It should provide an efficient tool to 'P forward the establishment of good community care services in Hammersmith, d the borough council is to be congratulated on its foresight and care in producing .comprehensive and valuable a publication.