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children referred to them, treatment in Hospitals, Sanatoria and Nursing
Homes, according to need; convalescence in the country or at the
seaside; orthopaedic appliances and surgical boots; massage, remedial
exercises, surgical dressings and medical comforts; help in training
for suitable work ; additional clothing, etc.
Details of work done by the Association during the year 1925 will
be found on page 70.
Three members of the Public Health Committee of the Borough Council
and the Medical Officer of Health are members of the local Committee of
the Association.
With the approval of the Ministry of Health, the Borough Council
made a financial grant of £100 to the Association for the year commencing
1st April, 1925.
PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICERS OF THE BOROUGH COUNCIL.
The names and qualifications of members of the staff of the Public
Health Department at 31st December, 1925, are tabulated below in the
form required by the Ministry of Health. In December, 1925, the
Senior Sanitary Inspector, Mr. G. R. Metzler, was certified to be unable
to follow his employment by reason of permanent infirmity of body,
and the Council resolved to superannuate him. At the end of the year
the appointment had not been filled. Another Sanitary Inspector,
Mr. H. J. Heeley, obtained an appointment elsewhere towards the end
of the year and his name does not appear in this list. Mr. A. P. T. Shelley
was appointed temporarily to fill the vacancy thus created. In this
case also at the end of the year a permanent appointment had not been
made. All appointments are whole-time except where otherwise indicated.
Year
appointed.
Name.
Qualifications.
Appointment.
*1924 McCarthy, W. H. L. M.D., M.R.C.P., D.P.H.
Medical Officer of
Health, Administrative
Tuberculosis Officer
and Executive
Officer under the
Council's Maternity
and Child Welfare
Scheme (Part time)
1925 Gerrans, B. H. F.T.C.
Public Analyst (Part
time)
*1898 ! Metzler, G. R. Cert. Royal San. Inst.
Senior Sanitary Inspector
*1920 Crandell, W.
Cert. San. Insp. Exam.
Board, Cert. Royal
San. Inst., Cert. Meat
and other Foods
Sanitary Inspector
*1925 i Shelley, A. P. T.
Cert. San. Insp. Exam.
Board
Sanitary Inspector
(temp.)
* Salary contributions made under Public Health Acts.