[Report 1927] / Medical Officer of Health, Wakefield City.

  • Wakefield (England). City Council.
Date:
1927
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Credit: [Report 1927] / Medical Officer of Health, Wakefield City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Taking all classes, the immediate results of treatment in the Sanatorium were broadly that one-third of the cases were improved to the extent of quiescence of the disease, one-third were improved, but not to the same extent, and one-third were not improved. Taking the early cases only, 40 per cent, were improved, to the stage of quiesence, 47 per cent, were improved but not to the same extent, and 13 per cent, were not improved. The periods of stay in the Sanatorium were :— Under 3 months 9 cases | 9—12 months 6 cases. 3--6 ,, 15 „ I 12—15 „ 2 6-9 „ 6 „ I 15—18 „ 2 „ Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis.—Institutional Treatment. Under the Tuberculosis Scheme one child (spinal disease) was admitted to Heatherwood Hospital during the year and at the end of the year two cases remained in Heatherwood Hospital (1 spinal disease and 1 hip disease). Under the Education Committee’s Scheme 3 children with non-pulmonary tuberculosis were admitted to Institutions (2 to Heatherwood Hospital and 1 to Kirbymoorside Hospital) and 1 (spinal caries) was discharged from Heatherwood Hospital much improved. At the end of the year, 5 children remained in institutions (4 at Heatherwood and 1 at Kirbymoor¬ side), comprising 4 hip and 1 knee cases. There was also another case, a boy of 16, who was crippled from hip disease and who was receiving vocational training at Lord Mayor Treloar’s Hospital at Alton, at the cost of the Education Committee. The Care Committee of the Social Service Council has con¬ tinued its excellent work on behalf of the tuberculous patients, so many of whom are in needy circumstances. TREATMENT OF VENEREAL DISEASES AT THE VM]NERFAL DISEASES CLINIC, CLAYTON HOSPITAL, WAKEFIELD—1927. (a) Number of Wakefield persons dealt with during the year for the first time, and found to be suffering from :— Total Males Females. Syphilis 30 17 13 Soft Chancre 2 2 — Gonorrhoea 65 54 11 Conditions other than Venereal 42 28 14