[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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    necessary, the following proposals in regard to administrative staff are submitted, namely :—That there should be appointed :— (1) A Senior Deputy Medical Officer of Health ; (2) A Deputy Medical Officer of Health for Education Health Services and Maternity and Child Welfare ; (3) A Deputy Medical Officer for Mental Services ; (4) A Deputy Medical Officer for General Hospital and Out- door Medical Services; and (5) Four Senior Assistant Medical Officers. The duties proposed to be allotted to these several officers may be set out as follows :— (1) Senior Deputy Medical Officer of Health.—This officer will be placed in charge of the general Public Health services of the Depart- ment, and act as Senior Deputy to the Medical Officer of Health. His duties will include the co-ordination of the work of the Public Health Divisions as regards sanitation and infectious diseases; infectious diseases hospitals and disinfecting stations; hospital con- struction ; food and milk inspection; air purification; the work of the Port Local Authority; and housing and slum clearance. (2) Deputy Medical Officer of Health for Education Health Services and Maternity and Child Welfare.—This officer will administer the School Medical and Maternity and Child Welfare services combined. His duties will include, in co-operation with the Education Com- mittee and its appropriate official, the organisation and control of the scheme for the routine medical inspection and treatment of school children; supervision of the various general and special clinics asso- ciated with these services; the medical services required in respect of mentally and physically defective children; medical functions in relation to such questions as physical education, instruction in hygiene, school construction and equipment, &c. He will also maintain a general supervision over the Maternity and Child Welfare scheme of the Corporation. In addition, he will undertake such duties as may be necessary to secure co-ordination between the Public Health and Education Health services. (3) Deputy Medical Officer for Mental Services.—This officer will be responsible for the services administered by the Sub-Committee on Mental Services. These will include control of the mental insti- tutions, with approximately 3,500 inmates; arrangements for the medical examination of patients requiring admission for observation or certification for admission to mental institutions; general super- vision of existing mental observation wards in the various hospitals; psychological clinics and such psychological work as may arise in connection with the general medical services of the Corporation; organisation of after-care; and co-ordination with the functions of the Education Committee as regards mentally defective children, and with the Public Assistance Committee, both as regards lunatics and mental defectives. 4