A Socialised Medical Service
1933 1933 1930s 21 pages possibly to District Councils many of their functions while retaining powers of general supervision. The services administered by each of these Sub-Committees will now be briefly described :— (a) Sanitary The Industrial Health Staff will carry out inspection of all...
| Institution: | MCR - The Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick |
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| Language: | English English |
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London : The Socialist Medical Association
1933
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| Summary: | 1933
1933
1930s
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possibly to District Councils many of their functions while retaining powers of general supervision. The services administered by each of these Sub-Committees will now be briefly described :— (a) Sanitary The Industrial Health Staff will carry out inspection of all factories and workshops, and take steps to make certain that the health needs of all workers in them are catered for. They will also inquire into the cause of all diseases and serious accidents that occur in factories and workshops. Where the Home Doctor has reason to believe that the health of his patient is adversely affected by working conditions, he will report the matter to this Department. The Public Health Acts dealing with sanitation, water supply, disposal of refuse, inspection of food and drugs, and notification of disease will be administered by this Sub-Committee, which will also undertake general health education by poster, sign, out-door cinema, &c., and watch closely the working of the Housing and Town Planning Acts. (b) Clinical It will be the duty of this Sub-Committee to provide curative treatment for all who need it. (a) In Urban areas the population will be divided into units of approximately 60,000 people, and all the curative services (except hospital accommodation) for each unit will be organised from a Health Centre situated as far as can be conveniently arranged at about the obvious natural centre of each unit. In some cases the Health Centre will be attached to a general hospital. The general practitioner service for each unit of approximately 60,000 people will be provided by a staff of Home Doctors, in the proportion of one to 2,500 people, and every person included in the unit will be able to select the doctor of his choice, provided this doctor's panel of 2,500 is incomplete. A very popular Home Doctor will no doubt have a waiting list for his panel, but on the other hand there will be many people who will express no preference and be ready to accept any doctor allotted to them. The Home Doctors will see their patients by appointment in the Health Centre or Sub-Centres and will also visit in their homes those who need their help. It will be the duty of the Home Doctors to do their utmost to maintain and improve the health of those committed to their charge. They will, therefore, encourage them to come for periodic examination even when well; will instruct them in the laws of health and report any unhealthy conditions in connection with 9
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