[Report 1959] / Medical Officer of Health and School Medical Officer of Health, Rochdale County Borough.

  • Rochdale (Lancashire, England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1959
Catalogue details

Licence: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)

Credit: [Report 1959] / Medical Officer of Health and School Medical Officer of Health, Rochdale County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

    52/118 page 50
    Handicrafts Classes Four classes are held each week, two for females and two for males. During the year the average attendance for the men’s classes was four, for the women’s classes eight. These classes help to bridge the interval between completion of treatment and resumption of full-time emplovment, and the practical knowledge gained, coupled with the friendly atmosphere of the classes, is of undoubted value to the members. Visits are made to members who for health reasons find themselves temporarily unable to attend the classes. The standard of work has remained consistently high. Chest Clinic (Dr. W. R. May, Consultant Physician) The following Table shows the work carried out at the Chest Clinic during the year:— Adults Children under 16 yrs. Total Total 1958 M. F. Number of Clinic Sessions — — — 372 332 Number of Treatment Sessions ... — — — 51 106 Total attendances. 1471 1155 742 3368 3980 New Patients examined found :— (a) Tuberculous 20 16 1 37 31 (b) Non-Tuberculous 227 132 101 460 417 Contacts examined . 38 40 92 170 200 Contacts found to be Tuberculous — — — — 5 B.C.G. Vaccinations — 7 48 55 79 Mantoux Tests . 1 12 112 125 154 Treatment recommended (Tuberculous cases only) :— (a) Sanatorium or Hospital 17 12 1 30 25 (b) Domiciliary . 2 4 — 6 11 Removed from Register. 19 24 1 44 16 Visits by Nurses. — — — 3840 4832 Re-housin£ of the Tuberculous The details of this scheme of co-operation between the Health Committee, the Housing Committee and the Hospital Management Committee through the Consultant Chest Physician, have been given in previous Reports. At the end of 1958 four cases recommended by the Chest Physician still awaited approval by the Medical Officer of Health, one of which was carried over from 1957. Two of these have since been re-housed under the Scheme, one was re-housed by means of an exchange and the other is still under considera¬ tion.
    digitised image 1
    digitised image 2
    digitised image 3