[Report 1968] / Medical Officer of Health, Sherborne R.D.C.

  • Sherborne (Dorset, England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1968
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Credit: [Report 1968] / Medical Officer of Health, Sherborne R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    B NATURE OF THE DISTRICT The nature of the c'd-strict is ruroR in character, its laain industry being agriculture, A largo nuiaber of out'jorkors carry on glove naking in their hoaes for factories situated outside the district. A larr-e dairy, uith a v/ide supply area, is situated vTithin the district. The district is becoming increasingly a dorv.itory area for persons v/orking in Sherborne and Yeovil. C. H E A L T H . S E R^V^ ICE S_ _ I N_T H _E_. , D I S T R I _C j? s-rp- .RQA the_ re sp ons ibili ty p_f_,the Pis trie t_P_o_uncil. THE HOSPITAL SERVICE The Yeatiian Hospital (West Dorset Hospita,! G-roup of the Wessex Regional Hospital Boa,rd) provides the local hospital requirements, both in-patient a.nd out-patient. LABORATORY SERVICES The Public Health Laboratory Service has again proved most co¬ operative and efficient. &El-iERi'j:i I.IEDICAL PRliCTITIONER, OPTIUJjIgC AND PHARi'IACE'LJTICAI, SERVICES Those are aeijranistered locally by the Dorset Executive Comnittee, No coLiplaints ’i.dth regard to the service have cone to ry notice. COUNTY COUI^TCIL SERVK^ The personal preventive health services are the responsibility of the County Council, They comprise the care of nothers and young children, maternity, school hea,lth, prophylactic inoculation, hor;e nursing, nental health, the ambulance service, the care and after care of the tuberculous, blind and handicapped, hea.lth education, the domestic homo help ser¬ vice and the \;elfs.re of the aged. VOLUNTARY SERVICES Aclmonledgment must bo made to the excellent voluntary nork carried out in the district by the British Red Cross Society and the V.R.V.S. v/ho provide a meals on nhoels service - at present liniited in scope but which, it is hoped, v.ill shew expaiision in the coming j'-ear. Not onl^’ are the meals apprecia,tcd bj the old people but, even more, (one sometimes thinks) are the trice woeklj’’ visits by helpers who take the meals round. Eight people benefitted from this service. D. ENVIRONMENTAL H E L T H S E R V I C E S PUBLIC .HEALTH STA^F Medical Officer of Health - NOEL F, PEf-RSON, M.R.C.S., L.RoC.P., D.P.H. (Part time) He also acts as Medical Officer of Health to fo'or other District Councils in the North Dorset area and as Assistant County Medical Officer to the Dorset County Council. -2-