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The General Practitioner In Industry - Harlow Pattern

1962 , Harlow (Essex)

Cat no. 250

An examination of general practice in the industrial zones of the 'new town' of Harlow, Essex.

Following the rapid transformation of Harlow after the 1946 New Towns Act, a new pattern of medical practice was initiated, featuring the provision of twenty-four hour health care through a combination of general practice and industrial medicine. Tracing the establishment of the Harlow Industrial Health Service and the work of its general practitioners across two industrial health centres, the documentary examines their role in the treatment of workplace injuries and illness, their cooperation with other public health services, and their active participation in the reduction of industrial accidents via advice and preventative medicine.

Featured Buildings

Broad Walk, Harlow; Nuffield House, Harlow; Edinburgh House Industrial Health Service; Perry Watlington Industrial Health Service; Temple Fields Industrial Estate; CWS Biscuit Factory; London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine; The Family (Henry Moore sculpture)

Keywords

General Practice; Health services; Healthcare; Industrial medicine; New Towns; Social welfare; Occupational Health and Safety

Other Places

Bloomsbury, London

  • Producer : Dr. John Huntley

  • Producer : Dr. Michael McDonald

  • Producer : Dr. John Meyrick

  • Producer : Dr. Charles Taylor

  • Production company : GP Films, Harlow

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The General Practitioner In Industry - Harlow Pattern

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