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NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE
ACT, 1946
SECTIONS 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29 and 51.
Full details of the Council's proposals approved by the Minister of
Health, as indicated In my report for 1948, have been published in booklet
form and are available for reference.
SPECIAL SURVEY OF THE LOCAL HEALTH SERVICES
IN THE COUNTY BOROUGH OF EAST HAM
PROVIDED UNDER THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE ACTS.
(Ministry of Health Circular 29/52).
In the pages that follow a short account is given of the various services
provided by the Council under the National Health Service Acts.
Stress is laid on the degree of co-ordination achieved with the General
Practitioner Service and the Hospital Service and wherever relevant suggestions
are made for the improvement of liaison or of individual services.
Statistical details are not included in this resume. For each service
these will be found elsewhere In the report under the appropriate sectional
heading of the National Health Service Act, 1946
It is hoped that this section will prove of value to councillors and
others who have come recently Into the field of local government, for it
is notoriously difficult to gather information concerning the services
provided by a health authority without considerable study and research.
In general the local health services for the borough have closely
followed the proposals submitted to the Minister of Health in 1947.
GENERAL,
1„ Administration
All the administrative organisation under the Medical Officer of
Health is centred in the Town Hall Annexe which houses also the headquarters
offices of the Education Department.
The control of the services is effected through departmental organisation
under medical or non-medical officers.
The supervision is through departmental officers as indicated in the
chart on page 47.
Co-ordination at OFFICER LEVEL on the medical and nursing side is
through the Superintendent Nursing Officer Superintendent Health Visitor
and Deputy Medical Officer of Health with the Chief Administrative Assistant.
2. Co-ordination and co-operation with other parts of the E&tlonal Health
Service.
(a) Local Health Authority and Specialist Servlces. In general coordination
and co-operation is good. The Local Health Authority is
represented on Hospital Management Committees of the Local Groups Nos. 9,
10 and 22, but have no representation on the Regional Hospital Board, and
I consider it a great drawback that the Medical Officer of Health is not
a committee member of any of these groups.