[Report 1945] / Medical Officer of Health, West Riding of Yorkshire County Council.

  • West Riding of Yorkshire (England). County Council
Date:
1945
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Credit: [Report 1945] / Medical Officer of Health, West Riding of Yorkshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Ancillary 'J.'rcatmcnt. li^xtra Aourit. Tlie Oovint;^ Council }iao continued to provide ;.',uitable iiocerniitouG tuborculouo patic'nto v/itli prantr. oi o:ctr;i nourioiiilont in tho forn of tv/o ninta oi jnii]: daily, Hiring fic year 9!d nc-w grants v/orc approved, SZ were diaoontiniu.d and 1715 rciiainod in ioroo on t lie olst jl. CO: .ber, lOAb. During ibc past iinancial year an app:: onlsiaie sum oi ii,018 V /a s cxo encl e d on tlii s s g rvi c e . oury, i c a. 1 Ap p li an, c e s. Aor jpatients undcrtcl-'ing institutional trcat'''isnt, surgical appliancGs liaYc been provided as part of suoli treatment ansi V’itliout cost to the patient. i’or patients undergoing domiciliary treatment surgical appliances have been provided in necessitous eases only. During 1945 a total oi 55 applications' for assistance- from, needy patients v/orc submitted for approval. Ihe cost of the seye3:'al appliances and for the repair thereof ajsoUnted to blip. Os. Cd,, tovards which contributions totalling blO, 14s. 5d, v/ere profforod by or on behalf of the applicants. iho balance of 0118. 13s. 9d. was met by th.e County Counci1. Artificial Sunlight Treatment, oclooted dispc,n.sary patients are afforded artific'ir:! sunliglit treatment at local clinics. 'The cost thereof and -of necessar5' travelling expenses is borne wPolly by the County’Council, laticnts have attcnided the follov/ing, centres for treatmentm- Y.T-lght Clinic. Glaybon hospital, ' ’'akc fie 31, County hospital, Otley. Doncastc r Dorough iliss T.h. Douglcuh Clinic, Settle,. Dr. l.C-ricvG, Burri3.cy. Kcmsvjorth School Clinie, Huddcrsficic hoyal Inslmviary. ia: ed c C-e r c r al 34i il ima rp . Hanchester and Salford hospital for Skin Diseases. Oldham Royal Inf irvary, Pontefract C-cnei/al Infirm;,.-ry. Rotherhan Aon oral hospital, Dr.G.’ahigg, Doncaster, lork Count'- llos'citaj.. Dental Treatment. Dental treatment was provided during the year to necessitous patients ujcdertaking in,stitiibio. uS. t remit, amt, Cojitiibu rio'vs to the cost tiioreof v:cio made- by Approved Societies. Rest Ridinr; Distress hund.. Applications for assi.'-jtraicr; from this fund were rmde on behalf of 16 tuberculous patients. Orants v/ejve r.i.ade for the p.:ovision of beds, bedding 'ind clothing at. a totaj. cost of i//0. In- addition appiT'OVal v;as ' iven to the 'rr.gvmient of rel.ti'7e:h trrv/elling ceqpcnscs to cnPeolc near relations to -'1.sit patients undergoing i.'istitution.sA tjvcatmen'i.'-.