Annual report for the year 1956 / North Wales Mental Hospital Management Committee.

  • North Wales Mental Hospital Management Committee
Date:
[1957?]
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Credit: Annual report for the year 1956 / North Wales Mental Hospital Management Committee. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Surgical Operations. The operation of Eeucotomy is performed by Mr. Sutcliffe Kerr in the Hospital Theatre. Most major general surgical operations are now performed at neighbour¬ ing general hospitals, straightforward cases returning to this hospital on the same day. Consultants’ Visits in Specialities other than Psychiatry. Speciality Consultant’s Name Frequency of Attendance ] No. of Patients seen in 1956 General Medicine. Dr. G. H. T. Lloyd. Weekly . 92 Tuberculosis . Dr. Clifford Jones. As required... 78 General Surgery . Mr. D. I. Currie . As required... 7 Ophthalmology. Ear, Nose and Throat Sur- Mrs. E. M. Brock. Every month 81 gery . Mr. R. D. Aiyar . Mr. A. Sutcliffe Kerr... Fortnightly ... 14 Neurosurgery . As required... 21 Dental Department. Mr. Charles Hubbard pays weekly visits to the hospital. All patients requiring treatment are seen as soon as possible after admission and cheir teeth put in order. During the year 1956, 727 patients were examined. Extractions were car¬ ried out in 219 cases. Thirty-eight patients had teeth filled; 29 were provided with dentures; and 33 had their dentures repaired. Occupational Therapy. Occupational Therapy is carried out principally at six centres, of which four are used by acute cases, two being located at Gwynfryn while two are attached to the Reception Wards in the Main Building. The remaining two centres are for the occupation of chronic cases on each side of the hospital. That on the male side contains a printing department and a workshop equipped with metal and wood turning lathes and other modern machinery. There is also apparatus for brush and coir mat making. As already mentioned, the centre for female long stay cases has been transferred to the old isolation bungalow. SPECIAL METHODS OF INVESTIGATION. Pathological Laboratory. The units of work done during the year 1956 amounted to 5,014. X-Ray Department. During 1956, the following examinations were made :— Patients Staff Total Male Female Male Female 579 243 Chest. Skeleton. 199 90 145 135 55 14 180 4 Total . 289 280 69 184 822