[Report 1972] / Medical Officer of Health, Holland County Council (Lincolnshire).

  • Holland (England). County Council.
Date:
1972
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Credit: [Report 1972] / Medical Officer of Health, Holland County Council (Lincolnshire). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    1942, in the first year of working 199 women were delivered resulting in 187 live children. Further provision was made at Wyberton West Hospital, a maternity ward of ten beds was opened in 1944 in association with the ante-natal clinic at Ferry House. In the first year 174 women were admitted. The County Council recognised the need for Home Helps and although a scheme was approved no progress was possible in 1945 as no applications were received from women willing to be employed. Two years later, with the help of the Women’s Voluntary Service, six home helps were in post. Dr. Booth wrote in respect of the forthcoming National Health Service. Everything possible has been done to keep the service at the highest point of efficiency and we shall not be ashamed of them when they are transferred to the Regional Hospital Board ; the future of the public health service is at present vague and formless, having been cut back to its roots. It will be interesting to see how it recovers from the oper- ation. Dr. Booth resigned in 1948 taking up an appointment in London and as written at the time, the credit for the advanced stage of the County Health Service was mainly due to his initi- ative and foresight. Supported always by leadership in the Council and Committee, people of vision elected or in office. In the span of over sixty years, steady progress has been achieved in Health Projects ; in the very early days underlying financial difficulties were evident in a mainly agricultural county, but there was response by the County Council to firm ideas and proposals. Imaginative, ever useful for the common good, building step by step, the leadership of old leaving hall- marks on the sterling work undertaken and still appreciated. Memories are fleeting and the record now stands from 1908 to 1948, later years are not yet part of history. Co-ordination and Co-operation of the Health Department’s Services A very substantial amount of co-ordination and co-oper- ation has been achieved with the Hospital Services and General Medical Services from the early days of 1948, with an increas- ing tempo in the last five years. Perhaps the greater value of the Joint Liaison Committee, is the undoubted will of the mem- bers representing the three parts of the Health Service, to