[Report 1948] / Medical Officer of Health, Barrow-in-Furness County Borough.

  • Barrow-in-Furness (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1948
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Credit: [Report 1948] / Medical Officer of Health, Barrow-in-Furness County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    County Borough of Barrow-in-Furness. Public Health Department. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH. 1948. TO THE CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE HEALTH COMMITTEE. Ladies and Gentlemen, It is my privilege to present the Annual Report on the Public Health of the County Borough for the year 1948. During the first half of the period under review, the work of the Health Department was directed by the late Dr. A. R. Forrest, Medical Officer of Health since January, 1939. By his tragic death in June the town and the medical profession alike have lost an able administrator, a loyal colleague and a true friend. The National Health Service Act of 1946 became law on 5th July, 1948, and was responsible for many changes in the structure of the Public Health Service. Where applicable, this Report has been arranged in sections in accordance with the Sections of Part III of the Act, and where possible statistics and text have been sub-divided in an attempt to present conditions pertaining prior and subsequent to 5th July respectively. During the latter half of the year, the Hospital and other Services pre- viously provided by the Corporation and which were vested in the Minister of Health on the appointed day, continued to be administered by the Health Department on an Agency basis, pending the setting up of the new adminis- trative machinery. That the change-over was effected smoothly, however, is a fitting tribute to the willing co-operation of all concerned.