[Report 1951] / Medical Officer of Health, Elstree R.D.C.

  • Elstree (England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1951
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Credit: [Report 1951] / Medical Officer of Health, Elstree R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    SECTION B GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AREA 1. Public Health Officers One part-time Medical Officer of Health. One Senior and one additional Sanitary Inspector. (Both whole-time, both qualified Sanitary Inspectors and Meat and Food Inspectors). 2. (a) Laboratory Facilities Examination of sputum is carried out at the Herts County Council Laboratory. Swabs are examined by the Clinical Research Association. Samples of water, milk and ice-cream are examined at the Public Health Sector Laboratory, Peace Memorial Hospital, Watford. (b) Ambulance Facilities Cases of infectious disease are conveyed to the Coppetts Wood Isolation Hospital. The ambulance for non-infectious cases provided by the Herts County Council is stationed at the Fire Station, Manor Way and is manned by the Herts Fire and Ambu- lance Brigade Staff. If this service is not available Ambulances are on call from a pool controlled by the West Herts Divisional Control, St. Albans. (c) Nursing in the Home There are Nursing Associations in Elstree, Boreham Wood, Shenley and Ridge, supplying three whole-time nurses who work under the Herts County Council. Two whole-time Health Visitors cover the Elstree Rural District. (d) Treatment Centres and Clinics (i) Maternity and Child Welfare First Aid Post, Shenley Road, Ante-Natal: Boreham Wood. 2nd and 4th Thursdays at p.m. Infants: Tuesdays: 2 to 4 p.m. Diphtheria Immunisation: 2nd Wed- nesday in each month at 10 a.m. (Closed as from 1st May 1948 due to resignation of School Dental Officer.) (ii) School Dental Clinic Hillside Secondary Modern School Boreham Wood.