[Report 1930] / Medical Officer of Health, Glasgow.

  • Glasgow (Scotland)
Date:
1930
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Credit: [Report 1930] / Medical Officer of Health, Glasgow. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Relief or under Statutes other than Poor Law Acts, shall cease to be provided under the Poor Law Acts, and shall be provided exclusively under the respective Statutes undermentioned, that is to say— (a) The maintenance and treatment of persons suffering from infectious disease shall be provided exclusively under the Public Health Acts; and (b) The maintenance and treatment of sick persons, that is to say, persons requiring continuous medical treatment and nursing, and whose area of settlement is the City, shall be provided exclusively under and by virtue of said Act of 1929, and also under the Public Health (Scotland) Amendment Act, 1925. (2) The following assistance shall be provided exclusively under the Blind Persons Act, 1920:— (a) The provision of domiciliary assistance to unemployed blind persons; and (b) The provision of assistance towards maintenance of blind persons during elementary or technical education in an institution and contributions to an institution in respect of employed blind persons. Clerk and Law Agent. The Town-Clerk shall act as Clerk, Legal Adviser, and Law Agent to the Education, Health, and Public Assistance Committees. Treasurer. Any financial duties connected with said committees shall be under- taken by or carried out under the direction of the City Chamberlain. Medical Officer of Health. The Medical Officer of Health shall be the Principal Medical Officer of the Corporation, and shall be responsible to the Corporation and to the Education, Health, and Public Assistance Committees for the due administration of all medical functions standing referred to said committees. He shall have control of the Public Health Depart- ment of the City and under the authority of the Health Committee and the Corporation shall direct the operations of said department, and supervise and control the various medical and nursing' staffs under said committee, in accordance with the Scheme for the re-organisation of the Health Department approved by the Corpora- tion on 13th May, 1920. Sanitary Inspectors. The Sanitary Inspectors shall act under the superintendence, direction, and control of the Medical Officer of Health, and shall be responsible to him and to the Assistant Medical Officers of Health in their respective divisions, for the performance of all duties assigned to them, in accordance with the scheme for the re-organisation of the Public Health Department approved by the Corporation on 13th May, 1920, and the regulations for Sanitary Inspectors made by the Corporation on 21st October, 1920, and approved by the Scottish Board of Health on 23rd December, 1920.