Annual report of the Chief Medical Officer to the Minister of Health / Department of Health, New Brunswick.

  • New Brunswick. Department of Health.
Date:
[1935]
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Credit: Annual report of the Chief Medical Officer to the Minister of Health / Department of Health, New Brunswick. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER TO THE MINISTER OF HEALTH To the Hon. Wm. F. Roberts, M.D., Minister of Health. Honourable Sir,— Re-organization.—In my report last year I dealt in some detail with the re-organization which took place in 1934 whereby each of the four health districts was, for the first time, placed under the direction of a District Medical Health Officer having the qualification of a Diploma in Public Health and also special training in tuberculosis. Since that time two more of our medical officers have completed their fellowships in Public Health and as a result we were enabled, during the latter part of the year under review, to establish a fifth health district. This was done by dividing the former Western District which consisted of four counties and the City of Fredericton, into two separate districts. Victoria and Carleton now constitute the Western District with Dr. A. M. Clarke as District Medical Health Officer; while the City of Fredericton with the Counties of York and Sunbury have been designated as the Central District and remain under the direction of Dr. J. M. Cameron, the former District Medical Health Officer. If this policy is continued we will eventually, as trained personnel becomes available, divide some of the other too large health districts into areas that can be more economically served without increasing the total number of our health officers. Already this plan of combining the duties of Health Officer and Tuberculosis Diagnostician has given evidence of many advantages and it would seem that its extension, as opportunities permit, will produce even greater benefits in providing a more comprehensive health service to the various parts of the Province.