[Report 1919] / Medical Officer of Health, Durham County Palatine / County Council.

  • Durham County Council
Date:
1919
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Credit: [Report 1919] / Medical Officer of Health, Durham County Palatine / County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    SUPERVISION OP ORPHAN CHILDREN OF DECEASED SAILORS AND SOLDIERS. Thisi work is undertaken by the health visitors, and at the end of 1919, 212 children were under observation and 1,555 visits were paid to them during' the year. MENTAL DEFICIENCY ACT. The supervision of mental defectives under this Act has also been undertaken by the health visitors, and 200 cases were on the books at the end of 1919, aiid 500 visits were paid to them. VENEREAL DISEASES. For the treatment of venereal diseases arrangements have been made with The Royal Victoria Infiiunary, Newcastle; The Royal Infirmary, Sunderland; The General Hospital, Darlington; The County Hospital, Durham; and The Stockton and Thornaby Hos- pital, Stockton ; where there are 23 clinics per week for new caises, in addition to other sessionsi for old cases. Continuous irrigation facilities are provided at Newcastle, and special sessions at Sunder- land and Stockton. Arrangements are in pi'ogress for such facilities at Darlington and Durham. With the exception of Newcastle there are no facilities for disinfection immediately, or soon after exposure to infection. Negotiations are proceeding for the establishment of clinics at Bishop Auckland, in premises leased froan the Poor Law Guardians, and at Hartlepool, where a special temporary building, as an annexe to the Hartlepool Hospital will be erected. These arrangementsi have already been appmved by the Ministry of Health. There appears to be no available Institution in the densely populated north-west area of the County that could be used, so the question of an ad hoc clinic is under consideration.
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