[Report 1952] / Medical Officer of Health and School Medical Officer of Health, East Riding of Yorkshire County Council.

  • East Riding of Yorkshire (England). County Council
Date:
1952
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Credit: [Report 1952] / Medical Officer of Health and School Medical Officer of Health, East Riding of Yorkshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    prtn'eiil. a (‘oiviplete aHsessirieiit of the seheiiie being made at the pieseiit time. Although the divisional arrangements render the actual adiuinistriitiou of the service more indirect, and therefoiau more com])]icated, it is anticipated that this disadvantage will he mure than offset by the advantages which will (^umtually bec'ome a])parent thi’ough the greater possi- bility of the develo])ment of ])ersoiial associations between the individual otiicei's and their staff's with the ])eo])le and officers of othei’ s(M“vices within each divisional area. The divisional administrative arrangements are therefore at othcei' level only. No divisional sub-committees of the Meal 111 (Committee have been established, nor does there a|)peai‘ to l)e anv (‘onmete evidence that anv advantage would he gained by the setting up of smd) sub-committees. The malt(U‘ of lo(‘al interest is adecjuately met by nomination by th(‘ various ('ounty l)isti’i(‘t Ct)un(dls of eight of their members as menibcrs of Ihe r'ounty Health Oommittee with full voting ])owers, and by the fact th;\t in the majoidty of instances the ('ounty Divisional iNIedical Officer is also the Medical Officer (d' Health of the t'ountv Distidcts within his Division. Kxce])t to a small degree in the ambulance service, details of whi(di am given later, there are no joint arrangements with (dher fiO(*al Health Authorities. (2) t'o-OHDTNATTON AND Oo-OPERATION WITH OtHEP PaRTS OF THE NaTIONAT, ITeATHH SERVICE. No ‘ ad hoc ' liaison (‘ommittees have been established between Ihe Health Authority, the Kxecutive Council and the sevei'al Hos])ital IHanagement Committees, serving the area. Some degree of co-ordination and ap])reciation of each others j)roblems is obtained by the fa(d that, some members of the ITealth (Committee are also members of various Hospital Mauagement Committees, and of the Executive Council. The tN)unty iMedical Officer is a member of the Hospital Manage- ment Committee contiadling the grou]) of hospitals in the (‘enti’e of the County and he is also a member of the Local M edical (Committee. Theie is a Leeds Regional Hospital Board and Local Health Authoidties’ Ijiaison Committee on which the Chair- man and one member of the Health Committee represent the (\)unty ('ouncil. ddiere is also a Tiiaison Oommittee whose members are Medi(‘al Officers of the Regional Hospital Board and Medical Officers of Health of the various Local Health Authoidties which meets at approximately monthly intervals to dis('uss ]U’oblems of mutual interest. Tn the main, co-ordination and co-operation are obtained by ])ersonal contacts between the officers of the health depart- ment and the various officers of the other services. No arrangements have so far been made for medical officers, health visitors, midwives or nurses employed by the Council to undertake any work for the care of patients under treatment in hospitals. These officers are, of conrsej always