Report of the Chief Medical Officer / Barbados.

  • Barbados. Department of Medical Services.
Date:
[1948]
Catalogue details

Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

Credit: Report of the Chief Medical Officer / Barbados. Source: Wellcome Collection.

    7/38
    ANNUAL REPORT OF THE Chief Medical Officer FOR THE YEAR 1947—48 PART I. STAFF AND GENERAL REMARKS. The following medical officers were employed by the Government:— Whole-time :— The Chief Medical Officer The Sanitation Officer The Bacteriologist & Pathologist The Medical Superintendent, Mental Hospital The Port Health Officer. Part-time :— The Assistant Port Health Officer The Visiting Physician, Leper Hospital The Prison Medical Officer The Visiting Physician, Government Industrial Schools. 2. In January 1948, the Barbados General Hospital was taken over by the Government under the Barbados Hospital Act, 1947. The Medical Staff was comprised of a Medical Superintendent, a Surgical Specialist, a Radiologist, three Visiting Surgeons, three Assistant Visiting Surgeons, one Ophthalmic, Ear, Nose and Throat Surgeon, one Assistant Ophthal¬ mic, Ear, Nose and Throat Surgeon, one House Surgeon and Anaesthetist and three House Surgeons. Temporary part-time medical officers were also employed for work in connection with the Venereal Disease Clinic and with the Out-patient’s Department. 3. The Parochial Authorities employ thirteen part-time Parochial Medical Officers, two in each of the parishes of St. Michael and Christ Church, and one for each of the remaining nine parishes. 4. General Remarks. The health of the Colony remained satisfactory during the year under review. No cases of any quarantinable disease were reported and there were no epidemics of any serious disease. 5. General Diseases were similar to those of preceding years, no group showing any significant increase.