[Report 1940] / Medical Officer of Health, Cumberland County Council.

  • Cumberland County Council
Date:
1940
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Credit: [Report 1940] / Medical Officer of Health, Cumberland County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Hospital Treatment. Name of Hospital. In Hospital 1 ;1 -40 .4 dniitted Diiving Discharged \ 'ear In Hospital 31 .12 '40 ' Ethel Hedley Hospital, Windermere 15 19 11 23 Shropshire Orthopaedic, Hospital, Oswestry . . 8 21 15 DENTAL SERVICES. The Senior Dental Officer (Mr. Martin) reports as follows : “ Treatment has been continued as formerly under he four health services—Ante-natal, Public Assistance, Tuber- culosis and Blind—though in each section there has been a considerable drop in the number of cases referred which has resulted in greatb' reduced totals of work done. This, of course, is mainly due to the greatly improved labour con- ditions in the area, and is seen chiefly in the Public Assistance .section in which only 85 cases were referred, compared with 208 in 1939. It is unfortunate that so many of the cases referred do not avail themselves of the treatment provided, 169 cases being cancelled out of the 253 referred. In Ante-Natal cases this is no doubt greatly due to the generally unsettled Cfmditions which prevail and which le-act very definitely on such cases. It has also been pointed out elsewhere that many Ante-Natal cases are referred foi' treatment too late in tiic pregnancy to allow of anything being done. The i’uldic Assistance cases are mostl}' cancelled because of the apj)licant coming into employment and conse(iuently being no longer eligible for treatment under the County Scheme. The mechanical staff is now reduced to two by the calling- u]) for military duty of one of the apprentices, C. Richardson, who reiioitctl for dut\' on the 3r(.l January, 1941. The other a])])!entice, J. Idj-nn, is also due for serxace, and ina}’ be called-up at any time. Thus the diminution of the staff and the decrease of work—both the result of war conditions— nmia' oi' less balance one another. 'l'h(' totals for the year are given in the .same form as, last year, and are self-explanatory.” <