Annual report of the Medical Department / Nyasaland Protectorate.

  • Nyasaland. Medical Department.
Date:
[1949]
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Credit: Annual report of the Medical Department / Nyasaland Protectorate. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    REPORT OF THE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT FOR THE YEAR 1949 SECTION I. ADMINISTRATION A. STAFF 1. Dr. P. S. Bell, Director of Medical Services, proceeded on leave pending retirement during May. 2. Dr. W. H. Watson, Deputy Director of Medical Services, was appointed Acting Director of Medical Services and Dr. P. J. Bourke, Senior Medical Officer, acted as Deputy Director of Medical Services, for the period May 5th till June 6th. 3. Dr. D. J. M. Mackenzie, o.b.e., arrived in June, on transfer from the Bechuanalard Protectorate as Director of Medical Services. 4. Dr. D. A. Baird, Medical Officer, was transferred to British Somaliland on promotion to the rank of Senior Medical Officer. 5. Dr. W. H. Watson, Deputy Director of Medical Services, and two of the Senior Medical Officers, Dr. F. 0. W. A. Mahon-Daly and Dr. P. J. Bourke, proceeded on leave pending retirement during the year. 6. Dr. W. A. Glynn, Medical Officer, was promoted to the rank of Senior Medical Officer with effect from 1st November, 1949. 7. One Medical Officer proceeded on leave pending retirement and three Medical Officers, one of whom held a temporary appointment, resigned during the year. Four Medical Officers arrived on first appointment. 8. Miss E. G. S. Horne, Matron, was invalided from the service and went on leave during July. Miss A. Maslin, Senior Nursing Sister, was promoted to the rank of Matron with effect from 10th Novem¬ ber, 1949. 9. Miss P. Hutchinson, Nursing Sister, was transferred to British Somaliland on promotion to the rank of Matron. 10. Three Nursing Sisters resigned and four arrived on first appointment during the year. 11. Mr. F. H. Hathaway who had been seconded from the British Empire Leprosy Relief Associa¬ tion to establish a Leprosy Settlement at Salima in the Central Province, resigned early in the year to take up a similar post in Nigeria. B. Ordinances, etc. enacted during 1949 affecting Public Health 12. —(1) Ordinances. (a) Dogs (Amendment) Ordinance, 1949. This enactment amends the principal Ordinance of 1947 so that certain provisions may be applied to specified parts of the Protectorate by notice in the Gazette. (b) Control of Dogs Ordinance, 1949. This repeals the Dogs Ordinance, 1947, and makes better provision for the control of dogs and the prevention of rabies and trypanosomiasis. (2) Government Notices Nos. 38 and 39 add Iodoform to the Second Schedule, Group II, of the Poisons Rules and the Poisons List. (3) Government Notice No. 48 amends those of the Midwives Rules, 1947, dealing with registra¬ tion and the form of certificate to be granted after examinations. (4) Government Notice No. 50 appoints the Members of the Advisory Board of Health under section 10 of the Public Health Ordinance. (5) Government Notice No. 234 revises the Midwives Rules, 1947, governing the qualifications of Nursing Sisters in charge of training centres and examination procedure.