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B.—GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES
IN THE BOROUGH.
1. Public Health Officers of the Authority
The names and qualifications of the Senior Public Health
officers employed by the Authority are given at the beginning of
the Report.
Mr. F. W. Kemp retired as from the 31st March, 1953, and
the Council have placed on record their appreciation of the long
and faithful service given by Mr. Kemp and presented him with
a testimonial under the seal of the Council.
Following the retirement of Mr. Kemp, Mr. W. R. Richards,
Deputy Chief Sanitary Inspector since September, 1945, was
appointed as Chief Sanitary Inspector. Following again from the
promotion of Mr. Richards, Mr. H. L. Hughes from another
Borough was appointed as Deputy Chief Sanitary Inspector.
On the transfer of a District Sanitary Inspector to the Town
Clerk's Department as an articled pupil, the resultant vacancy was
filled by a transfer of a temporary Sanitary Inspector to the
permanent staff.
At the end of the year one of the District Sanitary Inspectors
resigned his appointment and transferred to a Metropolitan Borough,
and a replacement was appointed in January, 1954.
There was no other change in the officers employed by your
authority.
2. Integration of Health Services.
The circular issued by the Ministry of Health in regard to the
preparation of Annual Reports suggests the inclusion of informa'
tion into progress made during the year towards closer integration
of the Health Services with the general practitioner medical services
and the hospital and specialist services. The following is the
position in Walthamstow .—
(a) Regular clinical meetings are held under the aegis of the
local division of the British Medical Association and the
Medical Societies of the local Hospitals, i.e., Connaught and
Whipps Cross.
(b) The medical and nursing staff of the Local Health Authority
attend clinical rounds at Whipps Cross and Thorpe Coombe
Hospitals.