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

  • Essex (England). County Council.
Date:
1946
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Credit: [Report 1946] / Medical Officer of Health, Essex County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Details of the remaining general health services, e.g., designated milks, water and Avage schemes, laboratory service, are furnished in the report and call for no special mment. Reservation of hospital beds for E.M.S. purposes continued, 621 being so reserved : the end of the year at ten hospitals. Finding accommodation for chronic sick and j ? tuberculous patients proved to be a great difficulty again, due largely to the ntinuing shortage of nurses. I am indebted to the Medical Superintendents of the unty Council Hospitals for their excellent annual summaries which reveal the ormous amount of work carried out therein, despite the shortage of labour and i iterials and the difficulties in the supply and preparation of food. Full particulars of the Maternity and Child Welfare Service appear in their appro- bate section of the report. They include references to domiciliary work, ante-natal [ d post-natal clinics, institutional treatment, provision of milk and medicaments, sme helpsyehild life protection and the work done at residential and day nurseries. elusion. Throughout the year the confidence and support of the Chairman and members the Public Health and Public Assistance Committees have been a source of strength the staff in dealing with the many and difficult problems which have arisen. 1 am ipecially indebted to the Medical Officers of Health and other Officers of the County □strict Councils, and to all the members of the staff of the County Public Health Apartment for their co-operation. I ublic Health Department, County Hall, Chelmsford. fU May, 1948. W. A. BULLOUGH, County Medical Officer. I