[Report 1925] / Medical Officer of Health, Dover Town and Port.

  • Dover (England). Town and Port Council.
Date:
1925
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Credit: [Report 1925] / Medical Officer of Health, Dover Town and Port. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES IN THE AREA. 1. Staff: (a) Public Health : *Medical Officer of Health Whole time. *Assistant Medical Officer of Health and Medical Inspector of Aliens . . .. do. *Assistant Medical Officer of Health and Assistant School Medical Officer .. do. * Senior Sanitary .Inspector do. *Sanitary Inspector (Port Food Inspection and part Town Meat Inspection) .. do. *Sanitary Inspector (part Town Meat Inspec- tion and Sanitary Inspection work in one District) do. *Chief Clerk .. do. Three members of clerical staff (one of these for School Medical Service) .. .. do. All three Sanitary Inspectors are Certificated Meat Inspectors. (b) Maternity and Child Welfare *One Lady Superintendent and Senior Health Visitor .. .. .. Half M.C.W. work and half School Medical Service. *Four Health Visitors .. .. do. All the members of the Health Visiting Staff hold the C.M.B. Certificate and are Trained Nurses. There were two changes in personnel during the year. * Contributions received towards salaries under Public Health Acts or by Exchequer Grants. Duties : (i) Medical Officer of Health. In addition to his Statutory •duties, the Medical Officer of Health acts as School Medical Officer, Supervising Medical Officer for Maternity and Child Welfare, Medical Superintendent of the Isolation Hospital, Supervising Medical Officer under the Aliens Order, and Port Medical Officer of Health. (ii) Assistant Medical Officer of Health. Dr. G. A. C. ‘Gordon, in succession to Dr. H. M. C. Macaulay, carries out Muties under the Aliens Order, 1920.