[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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    Patients requiring intern IIos])ital treatment are admitted on the recommendation of tlie Medical Olliecr, two beds being c provided. ® The appointment of the Medical Olliecr as ])art-timc Schools n Medical Officer has been the means of detecting infected families, ideading to the more complete eradication of the diseases and ^ consequent protection of further offs])ring. The Department is open for the following sessions :— Males.—Tuesdays 10-0 a.m., 5-30 ]).m. Fridays 5-30 ]>.m. and by ap])ointment with the IMcdical Otlicer. Women and Children.—Mondays 2 p.m. Women Only.—Tuesdays 2 p.m. Fridays 2 p.m. For Irrigation. Males.—Daily from 10 a.m. (full-time Orderly in attendance). Women.—Daily by appointment with the Medical Odieer. Attendances of men, women and children are rapidly in- creasing, not only those from Darlington, but also those from the idistricts for 20 miles around. This does not mean that there is jnecessarily an increase in the incidence of venereal diseases, but rather that the diagnosis is now more readily made and that tpractitioners are realizing the assistance presented in a neighbour- ling clinic with a specialist ollicer at hand. A few Darlington presidents have attended the neighbouring clinics at Stockton, I Durham, Newcastle, etc. Opportunities of instruction arc giv'cn to medical practitioners at the Clinic, and those who arc (pialihed receive free supplies of -iarsenobenzol com])ounds on apj)lication. During the year 45 (doses of these were suj)plied to 3 [)ractitioncrs. No action has been taken under the Venereal Diseases Act of 1917. There is a local branch of the British Social Hygiene Council, ^'Of which the Medical Officer of Health is the Honorary Secretary. Laboratory work is carried out at the Clinic by the Medical ' Dfficer and at the College of Medicine, Ncwcastlc-upon-Tync. I