[Report 1938] / Medical Officer of Health, Nottingham City.
- Nottingham (England). City Council.
- Date:
- 1938
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1938] / Medical Officer of Health, Nottingham City. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Tlie Sanitary Inspection department was a source of grave anxiety until the appointment of a good Chief Sanitary Ins])ector made it possible to gain ])roper control, and to introduce system and order on which to build the foundations of the present efficient machine. This was only the hrst of many re-organisations which had to he ])roceeded with, each in its own turn, as time could ])e found. Nottingham had been early in the field with nian}^ kinds of i)ublic health endeavour, notably in regard to infectious disease, including tuberculosis, and especially as regards maternal and infant welfare, but organisation and management had not kept pace with enthusiasm, largely because some of the sub-departments had not been properly supplied with whole-time specialist heads, to whom the work could he delegated. As the years have gone on these faults have been corrected, and each sub-department is now managed by a selected officer, responsible to the Medical Officer of Health for the efficiency of that section of the work. Staffs, though by no means excessive, have been increased, where necessary, to reasonable size, but it is management rather than increase in numbers that has made the difference in the value of the work done. The Health Committee has not been slow in providing pro})er buildings and equipment in keeping with the im})roved standard of work. During the ten years, better offices were ])rovided for the Health Department headquarters, new infant welfare clinics were built at Bulwell, Huntingdon Street and Edwards Lane, while another in K-adford Boulevard was ])resented by Mrs, Wm. Scott,](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29924480_0016.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
