[Report 1929] / Medical Officer of Health, Darlington County Borough.
- Darlington (England). County Borough Council.
- Date:
- 1929
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1929] / Medical Officer of Health, Darlington County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![During the year ending »31st of Marcli, 1930, 51 new appli- eations were received and hcl}) was })rovided in 36 of these. Sixty cases helped in jjrevions years continued to benelit. The total number of eases dealt with since the beginning of the work of the Care Committee in 1919 up to 31st March, 1930 is 468. The Care Committee have, as before, rendered real assistance to deserving cases, and their work has been much appreciated by those who have been helped. The Tuberculosis Care Committee, far from being purely a charitable organisation to help stricken families, is a necessary link in the work being undertaken by Local Health Authorities, not merely by ameliorating the sufferings of the ])atients and their families, by assisting them materially and otherwise when and where necessary, but in reaching the ultimate aim of such Authorities in seeking to eliminate this scourge from the community. Personally I am of the opinion that the work of our Maternity | and Child Welfare and School Medical staff is of very much more ‘ value in checking early tuberculosis than our direct tuberculosis i schemes. SECTION XI. VENEREAL DISEASES. , I- In 1920 a scheme was drawn up making certain improvements as required by the Ministry of Health for the treatment of Venereal' :i Diseases, in connexion with the Skin Department at the Generala Hospital, Darlington. The work is now carried out by a part- 4 time Medical Olficer, a full-time Male Orderly, and a member a of the Nursing Staff of the Hospital. Clinics are more frequent in and intermediate treatment can be given. Much progress has been made in the thoroughness of the I treatment and in the facilities presented to the patients, though j there is still much need of additional accommodation which cannot be provided in the present buildings.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29149113_0046.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
