Editors: ALAN MONCRIEFF, M.D..
The Department of Child Health came into being in January 1947, when the writer took up his duties as the first full time Professor of Child Health. The professor is also Honorary Physician to the Sheffield Children's Hospital and Paediatrician to the Jessop Hospital for Women. A full time paediatrician has been appointed to the Municipal Hospital, which has 160 children's beds, and he is a member of the Staff of the Department. In addition a member of the Department is Physician to a 42 bed rheumatic fever Hospital School. In Sheffield rheumatic fever is a notifiable disease and all children notified in the city are seen by the professor.