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COUNCIL'S EMPLOYEES.
During the course of 1935 the Medical Officer of Health examined C2
persons prior to their appointment to permanent posts.
He has also visited employees of the Council who have been on the sick
list longer than a fortnight and, when necessary, at fortnightly intervals.
This is a rather interesting departure from my usual duties as Medical
Officer of Health, and gives a unique opportunity to the Chief of the Public
Health Department to form an opinion of the home circumstances of his people.
It is to be regretted, however, that a good number of visits made are futile,
owing to the absence of the individuals concerned either at convalescent homes
or simply " not at home."
MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE WORK.
I have much pleasure in presenting my Report for the year 1935 on the
circumstances appertaining to the Maternity and Child Welfare Department.
At present the district is served by two Clinics and it is already proposed
by the Council to increase these to eight in order to facilitate mothers
attending. Each Clinic will be situated as near as possible to the centre of
the district which it is intended to serve. It is intended to employ a full-time
Assistant Medical Officer of Health and School Medical Officer in order to
speed up the service already rendered by the Medical Officer and to relieve her
of some of the work which is becoming entirely too heavy for one Doctor. With
the addition of another Dentist in the School Medical Department it is to be
hoped that more attention will be paid to dentition amongst the very young
of the Maternity and Child Welfare, although this does not primarily call for
dental attention so much as preventive medication and diet.
On account of the very poor attendances put in by voluntary workers for
the past year, it has been decided to employ paid workers to assist in the
duties of the Clinics.