[Report 1946] / Medical Officer of Health, Glamorgan County Council.

Glamorgan (Wales). County Council. nb2014013905.

Date:: 1946

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Credit: [Report 1946] / Medical Officer of Health, Glamorgan County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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The outstanding event in 1946 was the formation of the Joint Cancer Committee, the constituent authorities being the seven South Wales County Councils and the four County Boroughs. The Joint Committee will, until the takeover of its functions by the Regional Hospital Board under the National Health Service Act, make arrangements to secure facilities for the diagnosis and treatment of persons suffering from cancer. The first meeting of the Joint Committee was held on 31st May, 1946, and so the new project was launched. During the year the Joint Committee met on several occasions, as did the Medical Advisory Committee of the Joint Committee. A good deal of spade work in relation to the new cancer arrangements was done and every effort is being made to hand over to the Regional Hospital Board a scheme devised fully and partially operated.