Report of the Committee of Management and Medical Director : 1947 / Papworth Village Settlement.

  • Papworth Village Settlement (Cambridge, England)
Date:
1947
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Credit: Report of the Committee of Management and Medical Director : 1947 / Papworth Village Settlement. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Vaughan X-Ray Dept., Neison-Langermann Hospital : Films (All chest) . ... 227 Patients ... 217 Portable Unit : Ghests ... ... ... 62 Abdomen 1 Bones and Joints 8 • 71 The portable unit was used in wards. settlement houses, hostel, casualty surgery, and a neighbouring village. It was also lent on two occasions to a neighbouring institution for emergency work while the plant there was temporarily out of commission. Grand Total : 6,882 films of 5,278 Patients OUT-PATIENTS DEPARTMENT Sister E. N\. Woods, S.R.N., T.A. Number of attendances for Year : Morning Visits ••• ••• •• . 3,365 Evening Visits ••• ••• •• . 1,807 New Cases ••• ••• •• . 807 A. P. Refills ... • • - • • • . 3,153 TOTAL . 9,132 Dental Clinic W. Baird Grandison, LD.S., R.C.S. (Edin.), F.D.S., R. C.S. (Eng.). No. of Sessions ••• ••• •• 96 ,, ,, Attendances • •• ••• •• . 1,442 ,, ,, Fillings ••• ••• •• . 478 ,, ,, Extractions ••• ••• •• . 493 ,, ,, Scalings • •• ••• •• . 217 Teeth treated with nitrate of silver 59 Gum Etc., Treatments . . 276 X-rays ... ••• •• 122 Dentures supplied ••• ••• •• 68 Dentures repaired ••• ••• •• 52 Other operations ••• •• . 291 The above statistics which cover the period from January 1st 1947 to December 31 st, 1947 indicate that, excluding the holiday month, one whole day each week has been required to care for the dental needs not only of patients in hospital but also for a number of adults in the Settlement which forms so important a part of the original Papworth Scheme and which, it appears to me, is individable from it. Attendances are large and amount to an average of 15 per day, but it must be under¬ stood that it is not always possible to give complete treatment to every patient, on account of their medical condition. Under the circumstances, therefore, it is gratifying to note that the number of conservative operations is comparatively high for hospital dental practice and that the number of den¬ tures supplied is less than in previous years. Selection of patients as a rule is essentially dependent upon medical recommendation and I desire to express to the Chief Medical Officer, Dr. L. B. Stott, and to the Medical Staff my thanks for their appreciation of the value of dental treatment as an aid to the promotion of general health. It is with gratitude too, that I acknowledge so much co-operation from the research department of the Hospital and desire to express my thanks in particular tc Dr. D. Barron Cruickshank. Physiotherapy Clinic Mrs. G. W. F. Coupe, M.C.S.P. From January to July, 1947, this department was run on a full-time basis and the time was divided equally between work in the Out¬ patients Department, (giving various forms of treatment to those in the Village and Industries who required it) and work in the Hospitals—chiefly on the Surgical Block. In July Miss Michell was .married and from that time the department was open in the mornings only. The forms of treatment included Faradism, Infra-red irradiation, Ultra-Violet Light, Mas¬ sage and Remedial Exercises. The total number of attendances for the year was 4,157, of which 1,680 were out¬ patients, 2,477 in-patients, and 34thoracoplasty patients, the latter being treated before, and through, their various stages. Ophthalmic Clinic G. F. Wright, M.A., M.R.C.S , L.R.C.P., D.O.M.S. This department was taken over by Mr. G. F. Wright in September 1947, after the death of Dr. W. G. Watson. The work done consists mainly of refrac¬ tions with a sprinkling of examinations and treatments of various pathological condi¬ tions. A regular monthly visit has been made. Refractive errors and ocular imbalance soon make themselves manifest when patients are reading more than is their wont and in addition are debilitated. [15]