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

  • Dover (England). Town and Port Council.
Date:
1925
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    (iii) Assistant Medical Officer of Health and Assistant School Medical Officer. Dr. T. J. Nicholl, who also acts at the School Medical Service Treatment Clinics, and as School Oculist. (iv) Senior Sanitary Inspector. In addition to his Statu- tory duties as Sanitary Inspector, Mr. Pryer also acts as Sampling Officer under the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts, Rats Officer, Sanitary Inspector for the Port, and Housing Inspector. (v) Sanitary Inspectors. Mr. Whorwell, the Senior Assist- ant, is fully qualified, and acts as Inspector under the Public Health (Imported Food) Regulations at the Port. In connec- tion with port work, he is responsible for supervising the cleansing and disinfecting of verminous persons. He also acts under the Public Health (Meat) Regulations, 1924, in one Town District. Mr. Downes is fully qualified, was appointed in June, 1925, and carries out Statutory Inspector’s duties in one Town District ; he also acts under the Public Health (Meat) Regula- tions in his District. Work of the Sanitary Staff. Arising out of the difficulties, reported in 1924, the work of the Sanitary Inspectors was re-arranged in 1925, and a third qualihed Inspector appointed. The new Inspector does his work very satisfactorily, and it is hoped that the difficulties experienced with the other members of the staff may not recur, and that the re-arrangement of work contemplated towards the end of the year will result in further efficiency. 2. Hospital Accommodation : The Isolation Hospital, at Tower Hamlets, consists of nine- separate blocks :— Block I „ 2 3 .. 4 ,, 5 „ 6 .. 7 „ 8 .. 9 Administration and domestic staff. Matron and Nurses. Nurses. Ward 14 beds ' ) y „ I55 beds. y y yy i Laundry and disinfecting block. 2 9 II 19 Block 6 has been adapted as an open-air Tuberculosis- Pavilion, for nine patients, and is used continuously' under agreement with the Kent County Council, in connection with the County Tuberculosis Scheme. Advanced cases are admitted and treated.