[Report 1951] / Medical Officer of Health, Denbighshire County Council.
- Denbighshire (Wales). County Council. no2004062613.
- Date:
- 1951
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1951] / Medical Officer of Health, Denbighshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![FOREWORD I have the honour to present my Second Annual Report on the Health Services in the County for the year 1951 and 1 am p'eased to record that during the year under review progress has been made towards the fuller implementation of the National Health Service Act in Denbighshire. In the body of the report the theme of accomplishment has been develoi)ed in detail under the appropriate headings and while 1 feel content with what has been achieved I am not oblivious to the way ahead. The functions of the Health Department are an integral part of the life of the community and the imperative need for their further expansion presses urgently, especially in view of the constantly growing de- mands upon the Hospital and General Practitioner Services, for this to me reflects the inadecjuacy of the Preventive Services. Denbighshire has been handicapped in developing the various proposals under the National Health Service Act by the unfortunate necessity of having to appoint a new County Medical Officer of Health, as some time had to elapse before my knowledge of the County and its recjuirements permit- ted me to be in a position to advise. The past year has been one of intense activity, interesting and satisfactory. A period of time was needed for me to assimilate and assess local conditions, so that valuable opportunities of advancement have had to be deferred. Appreciating this, 1 have been possessed with a sense of urgency and impatience and it is only now, in retrospect, that 1 can sympathetically and fully value the merit of the excellent advice and guidance given to me by my Chairman and Vice-Chairman. Having evaluated the situation 1 concluded that to utilise the staff fully and economically, it was essential to re- (jrganise the Health Department, both centrally and at the ])eriphery, if the requirements of the National Health Act were to be met. The implementation of the scheme under Section HI cjf the Local Government Acp. 1933, in May of 1951, afforded an excellent opportunity for adjustments, both in methods and allocation of responsibilities. Prior to this, well defined areas could not be allocated t(j particular Medical Officers, owing to the barrier of boundaries, so that the daily r<jutes of Medical Officers to their work were unnecessarily interwoven and intermingled. ;5](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28840859_0007.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
