[Report 1944] / Medical Officer of Health, Castleford U.D.C.

  • Castleford (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1944
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Credit: [Report 1944] / Medical Officer of Health, Castleford U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    • -> ‘--lUiTEmiw'■• t»v • ~ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ -^r 1 r - , X-RAY SERVICii'. ‘ ’ .'• ■ ■ ' ' r'- ' ^ ' •' . ’ ■ V , V; • •, ;.The,.}{-Ray Sei'^vice'foi'» Ante-Natal Patients', initiated in,,.l’94l and bperated .by a Docton experienced in this Vifork has; been of inestimable value t:..- 35 patients were X-Rayed , in 19/:jl!-.. \, ■ ' CQNSULTAWf-'Sii5V.iabb 3 • , ; ' • ’ ' In February 19^14 l.Ir. Jeaffresoii who is one of the con- sultants attached to the Leeds Ivlaternlty Hospital was appointed as Obstetric and O-ynaecol oyical Consultant to this Authority in place of Idr-,. CouLh ./h . retired^ ' This Service was enlarged and extended ai.a ,ls sej ' i.o.g an y.;:iaoicely useful purpose. 45 patients v;efe seen by L'ir, Jeaffr'TS::n in 194^;> EMERGENCY CASEs^ Peiyment was provided threugi] ihe I,eed5 workpeoples Hospital Pu:'.! in r'especT. of 70 patients sent to the Leeds Maternity Hospital, sucti payment being arranged direct by the Leeds Maternity Hospital. During the. year a total of 100 Castleford patients were admitted to’the Leeds Maternity Hospital, 9 to the. V/alton Hall .L urgency Maternity Home, 4 to St. James Hospital, Leeds, 6 to the Pontefract County Institution^ 2 to Stai.ncli ff e T''''..n' y Hospita3.,Pev/sbury, 5 to Killingbeck Hospita..i'j.beds sno. i'i \rTb^elWGs!4 Maternity Home. ■ • ; i , •' \ -.-i. -y - a ' J V C^^TLEPiORD MATEKNITi -HOji-i,; ' -- - ■ - ■■ The v/ork at our Maternity Homs hs.s proceeded satisfactorily during the year. Following the . scomrr.end.ations of the Rushcliffe Report this Council hbe jnstitutec a 96 hour fortnight, and the staff have one .day per week and a liaJLf day every alternate Sunday- plus tliree hours per ia;o^ It -v.; .\:.d ha-^-e been desiradle. if' the services of two nurses -./iih the ^ L. : e .'i.if icate could have been obtained to imr.le:.r6'''t the J:v-‘'*0-' oairuaudations but owing to the present acute shortage of so far we have been able to obtain the services of only one guafLified nurse. ' During 1943 the scheme was evolved, of augmenting'the'Tjite- Natal Clinics at the Maternity to tvio sessions: per v/eek, ncjnely Monday and V/ed.r.u.sday mornings, and thiO''ih practice has worked out very well ar d •''o.s ser‘-/c 1 .auch bj'vter the needs' of the patients atvendi.ng M Home., gi.ese c.iinJ.es- are held from 10.30*a.m. onwards, nsva. I i.y end:j.2'.,v la.out l-O-p^nn or even !3.dber Pull advco’itage- is taiir;, ,. 'f the C-ai. 30..!''ant Be.evi.ee now in operation and the X-Ray service wh-^n required, . Matron and her st;;..-.f- have c.axr.ie<i on magnificently du&ing the ' ye'ar in spite- of diff io-.i I ties anc' have done so most successfully. One of our most distressing proDlems during the year has been the fact that-ov/ing to limited accommodation it hds been^ impossible to accept all patients desirous of having institutional acconTiiodation during their confinement and lying in,period, and doubtless this point will be borne in', mind by this Council v/hen building restrictions are lifted. ^I-t is realised that new legislation is under consideration but in spite of that I vs/ould make a strong plea’that this Council at’ the first opportunity should consider means v/hereby the aicjconmodation at the Castleford Maternity Home could be augriiented by extension but preferably otherwise.