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In the medical division two of the three Principal Medical
Officers now appointed are responsible for the entire child health
service, each looking after the services in one half of the Borough.
In addition one is responsible for providing a comprehensive inservice
training programme in developmental paediatrics for the
medical and nursing members of the Health Department staff and
for the provision and expansion of developmental paediatric
services throughout the Borough. The other has an oversight
throughout the Borough of the ante-natal, post-natal and cervical
cytology services. Since two major teaching hospitals are in the
process of establishing their roots in the Borough, one in each of
the child health service areas, there is a consequent stimulus to the
medical, nursing and social services locally and an obvious need
to establish and foster good liaison with these teaching hospitals
during this formative period.
A third Principal Medical Officer is responsible for health education
throughout the Borough, in which task he is assisted by the
Deputy Chief Nursing Officer and an Administrative Officer, and
he also provides administrative and clinical support to the Deputy
Medical Officer of Health, and as necessary to the two Principal
Medical Officers for child health.
Whilst the organisation of the dental division was reviewed, very
little change was found necessary and this division continues to
provide an excellent and expanding service under the able and
energetic leadership of the Chief Dental Officer, Mr. A. F. Weedon.
Following a complete review of the current responsibilities and
workload of the environmental health division, this was reorganised
in two main sub-divisions, namely, the general and food subdivision
under the day-to-day control of the Deputy Chief Public
Health Inspector, and the housing sub-division under the day-today
control of the Assistant Chief Public Health Inspector. The
general and food sub-division deals with what might be termed the
long-standing responsibilities of the Public Health Inspector, whilst
the housing sub-division is responsible for slum clearance and all
matters relating to housing in multiple occupation. This latter
section of course, works in close co-operation with the Housing
Improvement Officer, Mr. E. N. Montague and his Housing
Improvement Group.
The publication of the Report of the Working Party on the
Management Structure in the Local Authority Nursing Services
(The Mayston Report) and the subsequent circulars from the
Department of Health and Social Security commending this Report
to Local Health Authorities gave added impetus to the review of
the nursing services of the Council. The organisation finally
adopted followed similar lines to that proposed for the medical
division, in that the nursing division is headed by a Chief Nursing
Officer supported by a Deputy Chief Nursing Officer who is responsible
primarily for all matters relating to the training of