Annual report of the Medical Department / Nyasaland Protectorate.

  • Nyasaland. Medical Department.
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[1948]
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Credit: Annual report of the Medical Department / Nyasaland Protectorate. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    j a •? ROSS INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL HYGIENE, LON DO.'I DOnOOL Of H'iviihfcc A ifiOPiCAL MEDICINE D.M.S.—1298—(sjvi.r.—12.483—290) NYASALAND REPORT OF THE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT FOR THE YEAR 1948 SECTION I. ADMINISTRATION A. Staff 1. Dr. P. J. Bourke was promoted Senior Medical Officer in July. 2. Dr. L. C. Mayne proceeded on leave, pending retirement, in November. 3. Dr. D. A. Baird acted as Surgical Specialist during the absence on leave of Mr. M. A. W. Roberts. 4. One Medical Officer resigned during the year and one was appointed. 5. Miss P. Hutchinson, Nursing Sister, and later Miss A. Maslin acted during the absence on leave of the Matron, Miss E. G. S. Horne. 6. One Nursing Sister resigned and one sister arrived on first appointment. 7. Mr. I. Macpherson acted during the absence on leave of the Secretary, Mr. N. R. Bartlett. 8. The staff at headquarters was increased by a Clerk /Stenographer. B. Ordinances etc. enacted during 1948 affecting Public Health 9. (1) An Ordinance relating to inquests, No. 9 of 1948. (2) An Ordinance to Amend and Consolidate the Law Regarding the Preservation of Public Health, No. 12 of 1948. (3) An Ordinance to make Provision for the care of Persons who are suffering from Mental Disorder or Mental Defect, for the Custody of their Persons and the Management of their Estates, and for the Management and Control of Mental Hospitals in the Protectorate, No. 14 of 1948. (4) An Ordinance to Amend the Midwives Ordinance, 1946, No. 36 of 1948. The constitution of the Midwives’ Board was changed by this Ordinance. (5) Government Notice No. 144. Application of certain provisions of the Public Health Ordinance, 1948. (6) Government Notice No. 55. Addition of two drugs to the Dangerous Drugs List Tinder the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance Cap. 74. (7) Government Notice No. 56. Addition of one drug to the Poisons List under the Pharmacy and Poisons Ordinance. (8) Government Notice No. 4, Appointment to Midwives Board. C. Financial 10. The total expenditure in 1948, apart from that chargeable to the Colonial Development and Welfare Vote, was £135,528-10s-l0d. Details of expenditure are as follows :— 10a. £ s d Personal emoluments 73,680 17 5 Other Charges 55,594 6 10 Special Expenditure 6,253 6 7 £135,528 10 10 addition, the undermentioned expenditure was incurred under grants and Welfare Funds. £ d Motor Vehicles (Scheme 1)902 (D)) 1,195 0 0 Venereal Disease Campaign (Scheme D505) 3,860 12 0 Health Units etc. (Scheme D. 902(C) 969 3 6 Leprosy Settlement (Scheme I). 902(B)) 1,196 14 6