Annual report : 9th (1954) / Northern Ireland Tuberculosis Authority.

  • Northern Ireland. Tuberculosis Authority
Date:
1954
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Credit: Annual report : 9th (1954) / Northern Ireland Tuberculosis Authority. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Northern Ireland Tuberculosis Authority Formation The Authority was established by the Public Health (Tuberculosis) Act (Northern Ireland), 1946, as a public authority with perpetual succession and a common seal. It was set up for the purpose of securing, in co-operation with sanitary and other local authorities, the prevention and more effective treatment of tuberculosis and kindred diseases. Constitution The Authority is constituted of seventeen nominated and two co-opted members. Of the former, four are nominated by the Minister of Health and Local Government, and thirteen by the several County and County Borough Councils on the following basis :— Comma oorouel or Belfast: ~~~ — | ug. Se, 4 members County Borouch-ot Londonderry. cicues ay ono: 1 member Coanties of Anitrinand’ Down.” i.) 4a Le 2 members each Counties of Armagh, Fermanagh, Poncoucemy 2nd lyrone.s «| thes be ss. 1 member each Duties Section 2 of the Public Health (Tuberculosis) Act (Northern Ireland), 1946, enacts that it shall be the duty of the Authority to make provision for :— (a) The accommodation and treatment of persons suffering from tuber- culosis, including their general care, their care, and if necessary their maintenance during treatment, their care after treatment, and in co-operation with any government department or other body, their industrial rehabilitation ; (5) The discovery of cases of tuberculosis; (c) The prevention of tuberculosis; ( d) The giving of advice to and the education of the public and of sufferers from tuberculosis with respect to the best means of prevent- ing and treating the disease; (e) The institution of courses of instruction with regard to tuberculosis for medical students, doctors, nurses and other persons engaged in employment relating to public health duties, or the co-operation with and encouragement of other bodies in the provision of such courses ; (f) The performance of any function transferred to or vested in it under or by virtue of this Act; and (g) The performance of any incidental function necessary for the making of any such provision as aforesaid. 1x