[Report 1929] / Medical Officer of Health, Darlington County Borough.

  • Darlington (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1929
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Credit: [Report 1929] / Medical Officer of Health, Darlington County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The staff includes two Assistant School Medical OfTicers, one of whom attends every afternoon for consultations, one full- time Dentist, a part-time Oj)hthalmic Specialist, three school Nurses, and three Clerks. Special Schools.—An o])en-air school for 120 delicate children, and the ITarnard School for 100 backward scholars were opened I during the year {Sec School Report). Tuberculosis Dispensary.—Feethams Home. The Tuberculosis OITicer and a Nurse attend the Dispensary Tuesdays and Fridays for consultations. The scheme is administed bv Durham County Council. See also under Tuberculosis. Venereal Diseases.—Diagnosis and Treatment Clinics are held at the General Hospital, Darlington, by the Venereal Diseases Medical Ollicer :— Mondays, 2—5 p.m., women and children. Tuesdays, 10 a.m.—12 noon, 2—4-.‘30 ]).m., women ; 5-30—-7-30 ]).m., men. Fridays, 2—4-30 p.m., women ; 5-30—7-30 |).m., men. The irrigation room is open every day for intermediate ’ treatment, which is supervised by a full time orderly. THE INFECTIOUS DISEASES HOSPITALS. The Dorough Fever Hospital situated in Hundens liane I on the eastern side of the town is a well-built brick building, ' with the addition of a wooden tcm])orary wing used for s(*arlet ! fever cases. It is built on the enclosed corridor plan, Avith ex- I cellent opportunities for the isolation of different diseases in four I wings, with tAvo large Avards and scA cral small AA'ards in each Aving. Hie administrativ'c block Avith kitchens and staff dining room is 1 centrally situated, giving easy access to all the Avards. ScA’cral ^ structural imjirovements have been made, leading to economy in sei’A'ice. In (*ase of fire, the wooden buildings and (Miclosed corri- I dor would proA'e to be easy A’ictims, with 1 am afraid, A cry serious I risk to all in the jiremiscs. Calculating at the rate of 2,()()() culiic feet jier bed, the Hospital u in.r: rp,.„ priiiciiially in, iiiv, I UIMV H I. 1. I IH U, LllL Would contain 105 beds. The diseases treated arc princijially Scarlet kever. Diphtheria, .Typhoid Fever, Acute Fncephalitis bethargica, Cerebro-S])inal Meningitis, Pneumonia, and such other other diseases of an infectious nature Avhich the ^Icdical Ollicer ol Health, Avho is also the Mcdi(*al Superintendent, considers of' serious import.