[Report 1956] / Medical Officer of Health, Hythe Borough.

  • Hythe (Kent, England). Borough Council.
Date:
1956
Catalogue details

Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

Credit: [Report 1956] / Medical Officer of Health, Hythe Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

    12/42 page 10
    SECTION B. GENERAL PROVISION OP THE HEALTH SERVICES IN THE DISTRICT Public Health Laboratory Service, Preston Hall. British Legion Village, Maidstone, This service is directed by the Medical Research Council for the Ministry of Health. Samples of water, milk, ice-cream and other foods are examined bacteriologically on behalf of District Public Health Departments. A virological service for the study of viruses has also been established in this Laboratory. Kent County Council, Laboratory Service, County Hall. Maidstone. This laboratory provides a service for the chemical analyses of Pood and Drugs. Hospital Laboratory Service. The Royal Victoria Hospital. Folkestone This laboratory serves the Consultants in Hospital and the General Practitioners in relation to the examination of their patients. Ambulance Service. Station. Bouverie Road West. Folkestone. This service is administered by the County Council and the above-named Station adequately provides for the requirements of the Borough. The establishment comprises 5 Ambulances, 5 Sitting - case Cars, with a staff complement of Station Officer and 17 men, all of whom are on a full-time basis. The Station and Ambulances are equipped with radio-telephony, which provides a means of instant inter-communication, particularly valuable in emergency. The Child Welfare Centre. Prospect Road. Sessions ar held weekly on Tuesdays and Fridays from 2 to k p.m. A Medical Officer is in attendance on Tuesday afternoons. The services provided in these Clinics are complementary to those provided by the family Doctor who is concerned mostly with children who are suffering from illness. The Health Visitor provides the link between the Clinic and the homes of the children. Each child is examined at his/her first attendance and thereafter at regular intervals to ensure that there are no defects, of which parents may not be aware, and that nutrition and development are normal. Immunisation against Diphtheria and Vaccination against Smallpox are also available at these clinics, and Whooping Cough immunisation will also be offered in the immediate future. P/hen sufficient vaccine is at hand, it is probable that immunisation against Poliomyelitis will also become a routine' measure in these Clinics. Various baby foods such as the Dried Milks and Vitamin products are sold at cost price to the mothers, which is of financial advantage to them. It is unequivocal that the Child Welfare Service has been and is an invaluable agency in the prevention of*infant, deaths and in the promotion of positive health. - • • ehe Ante-natal Clinic, Prospect Road. Sessions are held on the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays of each month and are supplementary to the ante-natal examinations done by the family Doctor and Midwife. These services have been invaluable
    digitised image 1
    digitised image 2
    digitised image 3