[Report 1925] / Medical Officer of Health, East Riding of Yorkshire County Council.

  • East Riding of Yorkshire (England). County Council
Date:
1925
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Credit: [Report 1925] / Medical Officer of Health, East Riding of Yorkshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Treatment oe NON-rn.MONARY Tuijehculosis. No (lofiiide provision has ])eeii made for lliis trealment wiiliiii ilie Comity, la the case of (diildreii, beds can now alwa^’s lie obiained at KiiTymoorside. In the case of adults application has to be made to any Insiiiiition whi(di admits the tyjie of case. Ei^dit ])atients not in need of surgical Ireatment were admitted to Ivaywell during the year. Care ” anu “ Aetick Care.’^ AVe have no Afier- (hu'e Committee, but tlie Nurses keep in touch with all cases and I'eport at intervals to the Clinical Tuberculosis 0 nicer. During tlie year, 2(S9 cases were added to the’Nurses liisbs. Of (his number, ld2 were patients who had been discharged from llaywell or who were positive sputum cases, and to these ])eriodical visits were paid. In addition dO^ cases from jirevious years Avere on the A’isiting lists making a total of 494 to be visited. The (otal number of visits to these patients was 1,049, an aA'crage of 3.4 per case. Tlie Ihdierculosis ATurses are also the School Nurses. Sputum Flasks and Disinfectant are supplied free to those Avlio require them. Empi.oyment oe Ex-Patients. No organisation exists Avitiiin the County for the employment of dis- charged patients, Imt those about to be discharged from tlie vSaiiatorium are adAused as to Avhat AYork they might attempt. SiiEr/iEiTS. Fourteen shelters of the most approAmd pattern are proAu’ded by the County Council, and all are constantly in use. Visits of inspection are made by the School Nurses and the Clinical liiberculosis Officer to ensure that projjer use is being made of the shelters. Incidence oe Tudeuculosis (c./y., Occupation). The great majority of the people in the East Riding are employed in agricultural Avork. llarlby is the only Iilace in the Riding Avhere the people liA’e under industrial conditions. The Avorkpeople there are Avell housed, and there is little or no unemployment. The inciden(‘e of the disease does not seem to be affected. RAYWELI. SANATORIUM. This Institution is the joint property of the East Riding County Council and the City of York. It is