Society of Medical Officers of Health
- Reference:GB 243 D-HE5/3/10
- Dates of Creation:1941 - 1944
- Language of Material:English
- Physical Description:4 files Typed document
Scope and Content
Agendas and meeting papers of the Council and Committee of the Society. Includes: File 1 - Council meeting agenda September 1944 with papers on the National Health Service white paper; General Purposes Committee agenda May 1944 with papers on rent control and psychotherapy and children's medicine; part of a report on rural and urban housing; General Purposes Committee agenda December 1944 with papers on school medical inspection, post-war sanitary administration, the employment of married women and the sale of milk; agenda papers on scabies order, remuneration, scientific liaison with USSR, introductory remarks from the National Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis, request from the Nutrition Society for a Medical Officer member, request for co-operation from the Federation of Societies of Teachers in Physical Education and day nurseries; Council meeting agenda May 1942 with papers on dried milk; General Purposes Committee agenda February 1942 with papers on symptomless pulmonary tuberculosis, diphtheria immunisation; Journal Committee agenda February 1942 with note of editorials and articles and printing costs; correspondence concerning Sinclair Miller's research on sulphapyridine in the treatment of poliomyelitis and his article on the subject; printed minutes of meetings from Public Health, July October and December 1941, April and July 1942, April, June, September and November 1943; council meeting agenda May 1941 with paper on the administration of school medical services; paper on the regionalisation of hospital services, September 1941; report from the Central Midwives Board, November 1941
File 2 - printed notice of annual general meeting November 1941 with list of fellows and associates; paper on superannuation of medical officers; paper on the School Medical Service; Interim Report of the Medical Planning committee, May 1942; constitution and rules of the Medical Superintendents' Society and minutes of meeting between the two societies, October 1942; Journal committee agenda July 1942 with report by acting editor; council meeting agenda May 1943 with papers on the National Health Service;
File 3 - General Purposes Committee agenda February 1943 with papers on Maternity and Child Welfare provision, assistant nurses, shortage of staff in sanatoria and midwifery; paper on dental aspects of post-war medical planning; Medical Planning Committee agenda July 1942 with paper on local government reorganisation; letter from R H Jolly to MacGregor on possible members of a special committee on post-graduate medical training
File 4 - General Purposes Committee agenda October 1943 with papers on the extension of training for health visitors and the training of nursery nurses; Council meeting agenda September 1943 with papers on the duties of medical superintendents and the nation's milk supply; General Purposes Committee agenda September 1943 with reports from the groups including early diagnosis of tuberculosis in children and midwifery; and Committee on Housing Standards with memorandum on bedroom sizes cubic air space per person. Some printed items.
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