[Report 1943-1944] / Medical Officer of Health, West Bromwich County Borough.
- West Bromwich (England). County Borough Council.
- Date:
- 1944
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1943-1944] / Medical Officer of Health, West Bromwich County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Durin tlx year con. extension to the Maternity Department consisting oi‘ twenty beds housed in serai “permanent buildings, uixa opened. It has r c li ev e d <a pr ess mg need. Ad di t i on al accommodation in similar buildings v;.as .also made to the Nurses’Home, end has done much to add to the comfort and amenities available to the ITursing Staff. Alterations were made y and additional apparatus installed, in the X-Rays Department. This included a nev; large-output processing plant, new tubes and chest film equipment and a 100 lcilo-volt output mobile unit for use in the operating theatre .and at rhe bedside. Rehabilitation was still further developed by the opening of an Occupational Therapy Department with a full-time Occupational Therapist in chorge0 In order to co-ordinato hospital development and services in South Staffordshire, North Worcestershire and East Shropshire a West Midlands Joint Hospital Advisory Council was set up, comprising -equal representation of the Local Authorities and Voluntary Hospitals in the area* In syrrythy, with this aim, the West Bromwich Corporation .and the Health Committee are active members of the Council. The Government, recognising that health is a national concern, is engaged, in consultation, with the Medical profession, in drafting plans for a comprehensive health service. Whatever the final details of method, the key-note of this plan will be the widest and fullest co-ordination of he alt h car d ho s pit al ser vi ce s, vh.i c h w ill be avai lab 1 c to all. The war, both in its national and in ter-national aspects has taught the vital necessity for the fullest cc-oneration and in t o gr at ion of effort. Am ong by a common d. anger or are pursuing a c aim on ideal, can have no place far it is not only illogical out an d wa s t of ul of cf f ort, Hos pi t a Is, 'whether they are faced choi vinism unec onomical 4- U UUvW 1 must sooner or later '—<4 * v KJ J V V X JL v/X U J XX J M j.' X U J J U W ^ JL1 I ’ . 1 1 u M V_Aw IkV X VX v *►*. accept the logic of these principles and apply them to the achievement of those high ideals of treatment and care which lie at the root of their being. It may be asked whether the time i s cme har d t hi.nkin g a nd c ool ca 1cu 1 at i on the hospital services of West Bromwich., in relation to fundamentals and a geniu workable compromise in matters of ccntr been the s cui cc of the political streng for centuries. That native genius,. har: of goodwill and co-operative effort whi produced could create a unified hospita West Bromwich that would bo tlx pride o a pioneering inspiration to the rest cf nob opportune for as to the future of t A common conviction s for achieving a over s ,i.al\ de t ai 1 has ■tii of this nation nos03d to the' fund oil t he war has ]. service for f its citizens and he country. -t- *U w WIMHSRGER Me 6 ic a 1 S ape r in t e ndc m 10 Oases were admitted os follows County Borough of West Bronwich Other Authorities Miscellaneous (War Casualties) 3,612 1,824 87a Total 5,300 -16-](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30259873_0033.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
