Annual report / Medical Department, Fiji.

  • Fiji. Medical Department.
Date:
[1959]
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Credit: Annual report / Medical Department, Fiji. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    II—ADMINISTRATION 29. The departmental establishment is shown as Appendix I to this report. 30. Senior Staff Changes, Appointments, Transfers, etc.—Dr. D. W. Bookless was promoted to Senior Medical Officer during the year. 31. The following Medical Officers proceeded on study and vacation leave :— Dr. W. G. Macintosh . . Course in Clinical Pathology Dr. G. D. Murphy . . Course in Tuberculosis Diseases Dr. P. W. E. Downes .. Course in Opthalmology Mr. R. I. Cohen .. .. Course in Recent Advances in Surgery Dr. J. L. M. de Beaux .. Course leading to the F.R.C.S. in which he was successful. 32. Dr. W. L. I. Verrier, Senior Medical Officer (Statistics) proceeded on pre-retirement leave in November. 33. The following newly appointed Medical Officers arrived in the Colony during the year :— Dr. M. A. R. Eslick Dr. C. Parker Dr. A. E. Crossley Dr. F. A. S. Emberson Dr. B. Pitt-Payne. 34. Drs. H. R. Simons, A. E. Crossley and P. B. Thompson were seconded to the New Hebrides, Niue and the British Solomon Islands Protectorate respectively during the year. LEGISLATION 35. Legislation of medical interest was as follows :— 1959—Legal Notice No. 30 orders that Part III of the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance shall apply to certain specified drugs. 1959—Legal Notice No. 33 delegates powers to the Colonial Secretary and Commissioners in connection with the appointment of Boards of Visitors to Public Hospitals. 1959—Legal Notice No. 37 regulates precautionary measures to be taken against the introduction of mosquitoes into the Colony by aircraft or shipping. 1959—Legal Notice No. 38 delegates powers to Commissioners under subsection (1) of section 10 of Public Health Ordinance. 1959—Legal Notice No. 39 delegates powers to Director of Medical Services under sub¬ section (1) of section 47 of the Pharmacy and Poisons Ordinance. 1959—Legal Notice No. 42 delegates powers to the Colonial Secretary under subsection (2) of section 4 of the Mental Treatment Ordinance. 1959—Legal Notice No. 51 approves various drugs for the purposes of free entry under the Customs Ordinance. 1959—Legal Notice No. 54 delegates powers to the Colonial Secretary under subsection (1) of section 7 of the Animals (Control of Experiments) Ordinance. 1959—Legal Notice No. 55 approves various drugs for the purposes of free entry under the Customs Ordinance. 1959—Legal Notice No. 56 adds certain toilet commodities to the Second Schedule to the Pharmacy and Poisons Ordinance. 1959—Legal Notice No. 58 amends the Schedule to the Public Health (Sanitary Services) Regulations. 1959—Legal Notice No. 64 amends Regulation 38 of the Public Hospitals and Dispensaries Regulations. 1959—Legal Notice No. 81 approves various drugs for the purposes of free entry under the Customs Ordinance. 1959—Legal Notice No. 103 approves various drugs for the purposes of free entry under the Customs Ordinance. 1959—Legal Notice No. 136 provides complete revision of Building Regulations. 1959—Legal Notice No. 141 amends the Schedule to the Public Health (Sanitary Districts) Resolution, 1958. 1959—Legal Notice No. 144 amends the Pharmacy and Poisons Ordinance, by additions and deletions to the First, Second and Third Schedules. 1959—Legal Notice No. 145 amends the Poisons Regulations. 1959—Legal Notice No. 149 amends the Pure Food Regulations. 1959—Legal Notice No. 155 approves various drugs for the purposes of free entry under the Customs Ordinance. 1959—Legal Notich No. 166 amends the Public Hospitals and Dispensaries Ordinance. 1959—Legal Notice No. 213 approves various drugs for the purposes of free entry under the Customs Ordinance.