[Report 1952] / Medical Officer of Health, Birkenhead County Borough.
- Birkenhead (England). County Borough Council.
- Date:
- 1952
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1952] / Medical Officer of Health, Birkenhead County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![SURVEY OF LOCAL HEALTH SERVICES UNDER PART III OF THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE ACT, 1948 GENERAL. 1. Administration. The Medical Officer of Health is responsible for the organisation, administration and control of the Local Authority Health Services and the School Health Service. There is one exception—the Ambulance Service. This service is organised by the Fire Brigade Department on behalf of the Health Committee. There is complete liaison and co-operation between the Medical Officer of Health and the Chief Fire Officer. Fuller details of this service will be seen later in this survey. Complete integration of the work of the Health Department with that of the School Health Service is secured by the fact that Health Visitors are also School Nurses and the clerical staff is one unit. The Borough Council decided that the fullest co-ordination must exist between the Health, School Health, Children’s and Welfare De- partments. Accordingly, the Borough Council in 1950 transferred the control and supervision of the Children’s and Welfare Departments from the Town Clerk to the Aledical Officer of Health. The Children’s and Welfare Departments are housed in the main Health Department offices and the clerical staff of these Departments has been absorbed into the staff establishment of the Health Department. It is felt that this co-ordination has been of value to all these Departments so inti- mately concerned in the welfare of the public. 2. Co-ordination and co-operation with other parts of the National Health Service. (a) A Local Liaison Committee of representatives of the Council’s Health Committee, Local Executive Council and Local Hospital Management Committee has been established. The Medical Officer of Health is one of the Council representatives. This Liaison Committee has proved cf value in discussing ])roblems affecting each section of the National Health Service. If matters are to be discussed and representatives of the profession concerned are not members of the Committee, the representatives of the branch of the service concerned, e.g., dental, pharmaceutical, etc., are invited to attend for discussion. (b) As in other Eegional Hospital Board areas, a Liaison Com- mittee of the Aledical Officers of Health in the Liverpool Hospital Region meets regularly when mutual problems are discussed with the administrative Medical Officers of the Regional Hospital Board. (c) The Medical Officer of Health is a member of the Local iMedical Committee and is Chairman of the Local Obstetric Committee. (d) The Medical Officer of Health serves on the House Com- mittee of the St. James’ Hospital, Birkenhead (a Hospital for infectious diseases).](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28927461_0025.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
