[Report 1942] / Medical Officer of Health, Leeds City.

  • Leeds City Council
Date:
1942
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Credit: [Report 1942] / Medical Officer of Health, Leeds City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The autopsies totalled 308, which approximates to the average yearly incidence of 313, during the past 12 years. Additions were made to the museum, but shortage of suitable glassware has continued to handicap development. The existing 700 specimens have been maintained in good order, and their catalogue descriptions are completed. The usual instruction of nurses in clinical, pathological and transfusion duties was carried out, and a course of tutorials for resident medical students was arranged. The year opened with a visit by the Dean and members of the Faculty of Medicine, who inspected the Unit, and examined a series of demonstrations, prepared for the occasion. Radiology.—The number of patients X-rayed was 5,688, an increase of 477 over last year and of 1,380 over 1940. Of these, 750 were also screened, an increase of 287 over 1941, and of 163 over 1940. As usual work was done for various other sections of the Health Department, and for military establishments in the district. Massage.—Equipment was brought up to date in the early part of the year, and has extended the range and capacity of the unit. The number of in-patients treated was 529, an increase of 107, and of out-patients 251, an increase of 81. The number of treatments was 29,004 as compared with 26,676 in 1941. At the fracture clinic, 921 attendances were recorded.