[Report 1927] / Medical Officer of Health, St Andrews.

  • St. Andrews (Scotland). Council.
Date:
1927
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    Burgh was held, at which further explanation was made, including a statement of the steps that might be taken by traders, in their own interests, to ascertain the amount and nature of preser- vatives they were adding to the specified foods. FACTORY AND WORKSHOPS ACT. A statement regarding conditions in the Burgh under the pro- visions of the Act is supplied in the Report of the Sanitary Inspector. The revision of the Register, proposed in 1926, was commenced in 1927. A considerable amount of information has been collected and a considerable number of alterations has been made. A full report will be submitted when the survey has been completed. EDUCATIONAL. Apart from individial instruction on the part of the medical practitioners and the Medical Officer of the Child Welfare Centre, no educational work of the nature of public lectures or demon- strations was arranged during the year. On the other hand the James Mackenzie Institute for Clinical Research afforded unique opportunities for medical men. During the month of June a post-graduate course was held at which several lectures bearing on public health were delivered by members of the staff. Amongst these were, “ The aims and objects of the Institute ” by Dr. J. H. P. Paton (it has been ex- plained in previous Reports that the work of the Institute is essentially of a public health nature), “ Suspected Tuberculosis in Childhood ” by Dr. A. Rowand, “ Diathesis or the influence of ‘ Soil ’ in the Production of Disease ” by Dr. A. Maitland Ramsay, the Honorary Director, “ Modern Methods of Immunisation and Treatment ” by Dr. G. Matthew Fyfe, “ Variations in Pulse and Temperature consistent with Health ” by Dr. J. H. P. Paton. During the winter session a course of lectures to medical practi- tioners on “ Abdominal Disorders ” was held in the Institute. The speakers were men of high eminence in the medical world. The lectures have been collected and will be published as a single volume.