LRCS 1840, FRCS 1858; LFPS Glasgow 1858; LM 1858; LSA 1858.
Galt was medical officer of health and medical officer for the Hurst and Dukenfield Union and was a certifying factory surgeon. At the time of his death Galt was surgeon to the Ashton-under-Lyne Infirmary. He was president of Manchester Medical Society in 1872.