[Report 1960] / Medical Officer of Health, Chichester City.

  • Chichester (England). City Council.
Date:
1960
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Credit: [Report 1960] / Medical Officer of Health, Chichester City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    3. Laboratory Service The Public Health Laboratory at St. Mary's Hospital, Milton Road, Portsmouth (Telephone: Portsmouth 22331) undertakes all routine bacteriological work for this department, and it is a pleasure to record my appreciation of the efficient service and helpful and willing co-operation afforded by the Medical Director, Dr. K.E. Hughes and his staff. A daily collection by road enables specimens to reach the laboratory from Chichester with the minimum of delay. Examinations carried out by the P.H.L.S. for this department during 1960 are listed below:- Nature of Specimen No. Meat (muscle and lymph glands) 6 Fish paste 1 Sausages 30 Animal feeding-stuffs 10 Sewer swabs 20 Faeces 2 TOTAL 69 The appointment of a virologist to the laboratory has enabled more extensive investigations into virus diseases to be undertaken, and has been of very considerable assistance in the diagnosis of poliomyelitis cases. 4. Ambulance Facilities The St. John Ambulance Brigade operates, from its new headquarters in Chichester, an ambulance service covering a wide area of the City and the surrounding districts, on behalf of the Local Health Authority (the West Sussex County Council). In addition, they are responsible for the Hospital Car Service. 5. Local Health Authority Services The following services are provided in the City by the West Sussex County Council:- (a) Nursing and Midwifery A staff of general district nurses, midwives and health visitors (who also act as school nurses) is employed. Domiciliary Midwifery and Nursing Services are available to all who require them. (b) Maternity and Child Welfare Ante-natal clinics are held weekly on Thursday (all day) at the Health Centre, Chapel Street. Relaxation classes for expectant mothers, which were Inaugurated in 1948, have continued to be popular and are held weekly bn the same day. Infant welfare clinics are held twice weekly (on Tuesday,and Friday afternoons).