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BOROUGH OF BARNES.
REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH
FOR THE YEAR 1948.
PREFACE.
In accordance with Ministry of Health Circular 3/1949, the
Annual Report for 1948 has been prepared on the same lines as
previous years, and consists of two parts—a preface in which
reference is made to items of special interest, and an appendix in
which is tabulated the statistics relating to the health of the
district.
STAFF.
Mr. C. S. Perchard's period of office as Chief Sanitary Inspector
and Housing Manager having been extended for a period of one
year from the date of his retirement in 1947, he relinquished his
appointment as Chief Sanitary Inspector on the 20th September,
1948, although, the Housing Section of the Department then
having been made into a separate department, he continued in his
capacity of Housing Manager until the 31st December, 1948.
Mr. W. L. Leach, who had been Deputy Chief Sanitary Inspector,
was appointed Chief Sanitary Inspector as from the 21st
September, and in October Mr. P. J. Shannon was promoted to
the vacancy of Deputy Chief Sanitary Inspector, which had
resulted from Mr. Leach's appointment. The vacancy in the ranks
of the District Sanitary Inspectors this caused has not been filled,
and the question of whether or not to do so has been postponed
sine die.
As from the 5th July, 1948, the Matron of the Infectious
Diseases Hospital and the staff of that Hospital were transferred
to the Regional Hospital Board; the three Health Visitors, the
Social Welfare Worker, the Matrons of the Day Nurseries and
their staffs, the Ambulance Service staff, and the Home Helps were
transferred to the County Council, together with the following
members of the Administrative and Clerical section of the Health
Department:- the Chief Clerk, Mr. Forrest, Miss Fairclough,
Miss Morrell (who had been appointed in April for duties in connection
with the School Medical Services), and Miss Campbell.
Other alterations in the staff were as follows:—Mrs. S. O.
Brown, Matron of the Sheen Day Nursery, resigned and left the