[Report 1928] / Medical Officer of Health, Bury County Borough.

  • Bury (Greater Manchester, England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1928
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Credit: [Report 1928] / Medical Officer of Health, Bury County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    coming' back in as bad a state as they were at the commencement of their treatment. Tonsils and Adenoids.—.Many of the cases requiring operative interference are treated by general practitioners. Arrangements are in force with the Board of tlie Bury Infirmary under which certain cases are treated at that Institution and the fees paid by the Education Committee. When the Education Committee considers that the parents -are able to pay the whole or part of the cost, efforts are made to recover the amount. During the year 211 cases of Adenoids or Enlarged Tonsils received some form of treatment. Of these, 92 received operative treatment—61 under the Local Authority's scheme and 31 by private practitioner or otherwise. The number of cases of Enlarged Tonsils and Adenoids receiving treatment at tlie Bury Infirmary again shows an increase over the corresponding number for 1927. Tuberculosis.—Cases of Pulmonary Tuberculosis occurring in the Borough are sent for treatment to the Institutions of the Bury and District Joint Hospital Board, but the Board does not admit children under 14. An agreement is in Jorce between the Bury Corporation and the Burv Infirmarv, under wliich cases of Non-Pulmonarv Tuber- culosis occurring in the Bonnigh are treated at that Institution. Such treatment is available foi' sciiool children. Cases are also (x:casional]y sent for treatment to the .Shropshire Orthopaedic Hospital at Oswestr}- and to the Manchester Royal Infirmary. Arrangements have been made with the Manchester and .Salford Hospital for .Skin Diseases, w’hereby patients from the Borough suffering from Tul)erculosis of the Skin could attend and receive appropriate treatment. I'hese arrangements extend also to cliildren of school age. I'he following table shows the number of cases of definite or suspected Tubeiaailosis which have received Institutional treat- ment-during the year;— .At the Bury Infirmary: n,,. Tot^i Xu. of Day*. Boys 2 98 Girls 0 0