[Report 1944] / Medical Officer of Health, Birkenhead County Borough.

  • Birkenhead (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1944
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Credit: [Report 1944] / Medical Officer of Health, Birkenhead County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

    11/61 (page 8)
    TUBERCULOSIS Tliere is a furtlior iiyjward trend in the niindier of iK)titicationR of tiibei-enlous diseases. Ihdnionary eases show a deerease of 7, hnt — what is very diseone.ertin^^—there is a sharp inereast*, viz. ‘20, in the ninnher of ehildi'cni siifferin^^ fi-oiri non-pnlnionary dis(*ases. Tliis local inei'ease will pi-ohahly ht' foniul to ht' in conforniity with the incidence throughout the rest of the eonntrs. and is a natural aftermath of five years of war. Government Allowances (Memo 266/T) Sinc(' this scheme was adopted in Ilirkenhead in Xovemher. Ihl.'l. 95 patieiits have ht'en gi’anled Maintenance Allowances, 4 1 >iscrelionary AllowauK'es and 9 SjX'cial Payments. A Mass .Miniature Radiography a|)paratus has recently heen in- stalled in Liverpool, hut so far this form of itivestigation has not heen made available for Lirkenhcaid. Corporation Allowances During the year an innovation has heen made in JMrkenhead wdiereby all tuberculous patients (pulmonary or non-|)uhnonary, early, advanced or chronic) ai’e now dealt with medically, financially and socially by one Committee of the Coi-poration—the Health ('ommittee. In May the ]iayment of allowances to advanced, chrf)nic find non- ])ulmonary tub('rculous ])ersons, who were receiving Public Assistance, was transferred from the Public Assistance (’ommittee to the Health Committee. 2o cases were taken over immediately; and up to the end of the year a total of 55 patients have been granted financial assist- ance under this scheme. The payments under both schemes are made expeditiously at the tuberculosis clinic every Friday by a member of the Borough Treasurer’s staff, all cases being dealt with in half <tu hour. Artificial Pneumo-thorax Clinic There was a marked increase in the nundoer of artificial pneumo- thorax treatments given during the year as is shown by the graph on j.age 11.