[Report 1954] / Medical Officer of Health, Blackpool County Borough.

  • Blackpool (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1954
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Credit: [Report 1954] / Medical Officer of Health, Blackpool County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    HEALTH COMMITTEE. The Health Committee, set up by the Local Health Authority under Part II of the Fourth Schedule to the National Health Service Act, 1946, is constituted as follows : 22 Council Members. 2 Council Members nominated by the Education Committee. 2 Non-council members nominated by Blackpool and Fylde Division of the British Medical Association. 2 Non-council members (experts) nominated by corporate members of the Health Committee. 2 Non-council members nominated by the Executive Council for the County Borough. 3 Non-council members (women) nominated by Corporate members of the Health Committee. 1 Non-council member nominated by the Local Dental Committee. 2 Non-council members nominated by the Blackpool and Fylde Hospital Management Committee. Briefly, the main function of this Committee, subject to confirmation by the Council, are to carry out (a) the local health authority fimctions under the National Health Service Acts, (b) the provisions of the Public Health Act, 1936, relating to the notification of births, registration of nursing and maternity homes, (c) the provisions of the Midwives Acts, 1918-1951, (d) the provisions of the Public Health Act, 1936 and the Blackpool Improvement Acts relating to infectious disease. Three sub-committees have been appointed, i.e. Accounts, Mental Health and Care, and, jointly with the Education Committee a sub-committee has been appointed to consider the provision of a dental service under the National Health Service Act for expectant and nursing mothers and children under school age in conjunction with the existing school dental service. RELATED HEALTH SERVICES COMMITTEE. This committee is comprised of 19 Council members only. The extent of the committee’s functions can be observed from a perusal of this report, with the exception of those matters which are within the purview of the Health Committee.