[Report 1954] / Medical Officer of Health, Nottinghamshire County Council.

  • Nottinghamshire (England). County Council.
Date:
1954
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    It is fitting too, that I should not leave the subject of Tuberculosis without paying my personal tribute, and that of my department, to the memory of our late colleague. Dr. Ernest Firth, who died so suddenly— in harness, as the Physician Superintendent of the Ransom Sanatorium— of the very disease he gave all he had to hght. His career stands out as a shining example of courage and purpose inasmuch as he gave to the tuberculous all his effort and his pity, but for himself—asked none. He just fought Tuberculosis. Amonpt the high lights of the year’s experiences, none stands out more pleasingly than the very successful function held on the 6th October, when Miss M. P. Hornsby-Smith, M.P., the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health, visited Mansfield at the invitation of the Council to perform the official Opening Ceremony of the Mansfield Occupation Centre for Mental Defectives. A very representative gathering of parliamentary, civic and pro¬ fessional guests were very amply rewarded for their presence by the friendliness and enthusiasm of her performance of this particular duty. Photographs of the Ceremony and of the Centre are included in this Report to mark a memorable day. In closing this introduction to my Report, I welcome to my Staff Dr. C. H. Shaw as Senior Administrative Medical Officer, and would extend to Dr. Margetts, my Deputy, and to all my colleagues, both professional and lay, my thanks for their loyalty and industry throughout the year. To the Chairman of the Health Committee, particularly, and to the Chairman and members of my Sub-Committees, I record my sincere appreciation of their understanding and confidence. I am. Ladies and Gentlemen, Your obedient Servant, C. W. W. JEREMIAH.