Report of the Director of Medical and Sanitary Services / [Ceylon].

  • Ceylon. Civil Medical Department.
Date:
[1948]
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Credit: Report of the Director of Medical and Sanitary Services / [Ceylon]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    In addition to the two Assistant Directors there are on the Medical side two Senior Medical Officers and three Grade Medical Officers; on the Health side there are two Senior Medical Officers of Health and one Medical Officer of Health. The noil-medical staff who are common to both the sections of the Depart¬ ment consists of a Chief Accountant and 4 Assistant Accountants, an Adminis¬ trative Secretary and a Medical Statistician. The staS on the medical side is show.u in the Chart below: — CHABT II D. M. & S. S. A. D.^M. S. I S.M. O. (H) S.M. O. (D) M. O.HQ. 1 Divisional Medical Superintendents D. M. S., Colombo Hospitals D. M. S., Western Province D. M. S., Kandy D. M. S., Kurunegala D. M. S., Galle D. M. S., Jaffna D. M. S., BaduUa D. M. S., Ratnapura 563 Medical Officers 10 Dental Surgeons 321 Apothecaries 907 Matrons, Sisters & Nurses 350 Midwives 2,226 Male Attendants 1,940 Female Attendants 5,228 Other Minor Employees M. O. HQ. 2 M. O. HQ. 3 Medical Statistician (Med. & Health) Officers-in-charge of Special Divisions Director, Medical Research Institute (Medical & Health) Judicial Medical Officer (Colombo) Superintendent, Civil Medical Stores Medical Superintendent, General Hospital Radiologist, General Hospital, Colombo Medical Superintendent, Leprosy Hospital Medical Superintendent, Mental Hospital Superintendent, Tuberculosis (Medical & Health) Medical Officer-in-Charge, Dental institute Sanitary Engineer, (Medical & Health) 2 Specialist Officers, (Bacteriology & Para¬ sitology) 29 X’Ray Assistants & Technicians 138 Laboratory Assistants The Supervisory officers who are not at Headquarters are of two types—the Divisional Medical Superintendents and the Officers in Charge of Special Divi¬ sions. The latter officers with a few exceptions like the Judicial Medical Officer and the Medical Superintendent, General Hospital, are common to both the Curative and Preventive-sides. There are 8 Divisional Medical Superintendents and they are in general supervisory charge of all the Medical Officers in the districts. The other officers in the field doing curative work comprise 563 Medical Offi¬ cers, 10 Dental Surgeons, 321 Apothecaries, 907 Matrons, Sisters and Nurses, 350 Midwives, 2,226 Male Attendants, 1,940 Female Attendants and 5,228 other minor employees, making a total of 11,545 officers exclusive of those in charge of special divisions. The organization of the Field Services on the Preventive side is similar to that of the Curative side and consists of Divisional Medical Superintendents of Health and officers in charge of specialist divisions, who as already stated, are