[Report 1947] / Medical Officer of Health, Oldham County Borough.

  • Oldham (England). County Borough Council. nb2004302054.
Date:
1947
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Credit: [Report 1947] / Medical Officer of Health, Oldham County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    GENERAL PROVISIONS OF HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AREA, Pathological Services. The pathological and bacteriological work of the department was undertaken by the Oldham Laboratory Board and the Public Health Laboratory, Manchester. The following figures show, in unit values, the work undertaken bv the Board for the Oldham Royal Infirmary and the Public Health Department during the year. Oldham Royal Infirmary ... Specimens Examined. 18,567 Units. 66,676 Boundary Park General Hospital 21,988 73,997 Public Health Department ... 1,982 12,212 Tuberculosis Dispensary 1,088 2,198 Westhulme Hospital ... 1,777 8,396 Strinesdale Sanatorium 643 1,385 Venereal Diseases Department 10,120 20,364 56,165 185,228 Specimens were also examined for private practitioners and outside authorities from which the Board derived an income of £206 10s. 6d. The work of the Board continued to increase and by the end of the first quarter of the year the pathological work of the V.D. Service was being undertaken at the Laboratories. In January intimation was received from the Home Office that the Animal House which formed part of the Laboratory Service of the Boundary Park General Hospital, had been registered as a place at which experiments on living animals might be performed. In January, Dr. T. K. Owen, M.Sc., M.B., Ch.B., M.R.C.P. was appointed Medical Director vice Dr. H. J. Voss, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P who had held this appointment in a temporary capacity from August, 1944. Councillor R. Roberts, J.P. was again appointed Chairman of the Board and Alderman S. T. Marron, J.P. Chairman of the Health Com¬ mittee, was appointed Deputy Chairman of the Board. Councillor R. Roberts, J.P. resigned his appointment in May and Mr. F. W. Barnett, Honorary Secretary to the Board also resigned and was succeeded by Mr. H. A. Lord, Lay Administrative Officer of the Public Health Department. The following wrere the representatives of the Health Committee on the Board:—Alderman Hailwood, Alderman Marron, J.P., Alderman Tweedale A., Councillor Bannon, Councillor Glover, Councillor Morrell, Councillor Simpson and Councillor Taylor. In October, Dr. C. IT. Adderley, M.A., M.B., D.P.H., was ap¬ pointed Pathologist and Medical Director following the resignation of