[Report 1942] / Medical Officer of Health, Nottingham City.
- Nottingham (England). City Council.
- Date:
- 1942
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1942] / Medical Officer of Health, Nottingham City. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![with a lotion first prepared at the Centre itself. We call it Sulphonamide Lotion and it consists of 4% Sul- phonamide in Calamine Lotion. After cleansing the affected area with Boracic Solution the lotion is dabbed on. Many cases of impetigo have been cured in a few days with this method when other medicaments had failed. The statistics relating to the Centre are as follows :— Statistics—March 23 to December 31, 1942. New Patients . . .. . . 4,279 Total Attendances . . . . .. 22,822 Lousiness only .. .. .. 110 TUBERCULOSIS. The following account is largely extracted from the report of Dr. J. V. Whitaker, Tuberculosis Officer. Increased work at the Tuberculosis Clinic is due to a variety of causes— (a) reference to the clinic by medical boards and by the Ministry of Labour and National Service. (b) discharges from the Services on account of tuber¬ culosis. (c) increased publicity following the opening of Newstead Sanatorium. (d) greater confidence shown by medical practitioners in the clinic work. (e) some actual increase in tuberculosis. Number of Cases on Clinic Register. 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 904 ] ,014 1,191 1,212 1,336 1,534](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29924522_0040.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
