Annual report on the Medical Department / Sierra Leone.

  • Sierra Leone. Medical Department.
Date:
[1909]
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Credit: Annual report on the Medical Department / Sierra Leone. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ANNUAL REPORT ON THE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st DECEMBER, 1909. I have the honour to submit the Annual Report on the Medical Department of this Colony for the year 1909. 1.—STAFF. The Medical Staff of this Colony consisted of the same number of officers as in the previous year, viz :— Principal Medical Officer, Senior Medical Officer, twelve Medical Officers, W.A.M.S., and three local Medical Officers. The Junior Staff was also the same, viz : four European Nursing Sisters, a Resident and an Assistant Resident Dispenser, sixteen male Nurses and Dressers, and six female Nurses. The Clerical Staff in my office consisted of the Chief Clerk and two Assistants. The following changes, leaves, &c., occurred in the year :— During my absence on leave for the first three months Dr. Kennan, S.M.O., acted as Principal Medical Officer, I taking over the duties on my return from leave on the 1st April. The following Medical Officers returned from leave of absence during the year :— Drs. J. F. W. Ward, D. Burrows, C. H. Allan, E. W. Wood-Mason, J. Jackson-Moore, H. E. Arbuckle, J. C. Murphy, J. S. Pearson and W. Renner. Miss G. G. Mickletliwaite, Matron, Colonial Hospital, also returned from leave, also Sisters A. Drewe and A. McLeod of the Nursing Home. The following Medical Officers went on leave about the close of the year Drs. C. B. Hunter, R. H. Kennan, S.M.O., R. W. Orpen, J. McConaghy, and W. A. Alexander, also Sister I. Stevens of the Nursing Home. Junior Staff.—The following were the promotions :— Clerical Staff.—Mr. D. T. Betts, First Clerk, promoted First Class Dispenser. Mr J. A. Williams, Master’s Office, promoted First Clerk, vice Mr. Betts. [169409] 1a