[Report 1953] / Medical Officer of Health, Caithness County Council.

  • Caithness (Scotland). County Council.
Date:
1953
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Credit: [Report 1953] / Medical Officer of Health, Caithness County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    - 10 Health Deppjrtme -p « ! G enera], Frac titj.oners P ull Coui'so Ma intenance Pull Course Mainto.tianco Year of Birgh Diph- theria Vrio oping Cough d Diphtheria thcraa '■/hooping Cough & Diphtheria Diph,--- therla F.hooping Cough & Diphtheria Diph- theria vYho oping Cough & Diphtheria 1953 3 18 2 15 •- .. 1952 131 23 5 47 - mm 1951 36 2 1 17 - - 1950 5 1 — •w 3 - mm 1949 4 1 2 — 4 X mm 1943 9 - 112 - 1 1 1 1947 19 - 89 w. 2 1 - 1 1946 4 - 20 — 1 1 - - 1945 2 - 4 - - - - 1944 - - - - — - 1 tm 1943 6 - - - - - X 1942 - 118 - - 19U - 129 - - - mm 1940 - - 1 — X X 1939 1933 or 2 1 •- — w *m earlier 1 — — — — - — Totals 222 45 476 - 12 89 1 2 EKPV?T!TT.CN 0? ILL?E:3S. C/I-IE I-J'TD J^-^TTK-OAPJ;;- TUBTlEOUXiO^I^ - A.lvho:igh the Local Authority is directly responsible only for the preve:'.T':ion and afior-oare of tuberouJ-osis and troafeient of the disease is the respcnsioility of the Puegional Hospital Board, I think it vdll be of interest to rexiew the measures being taken both for the treatment and prevention of tuberculosis in Caithness, Although in most parts of the country the Medical Officer of Health is no longer directly responsible for the treatment of tuberculosis, in Caithness by- orrangemenit Trith the Northern Regional Hospital Boa.rd, the appointment of Medical Officer of HcaJ.th is coaibinod vd.th that of District Hospita.ls Officer, v/hich includes resjponsibility for the diagnosis and trea.tment of tuberculoses. I am, therefore, in charge of both treatment and preventive measm-es and I liavc the help of the general practitioners and district nurses in cariying out these duties. CHEST CLIITOS; These arc held v/eelcly at the Bignold Hosj)ital, Wick, and the Dunbar Hospital, Thurso. The number of patients attending is as follovys.- Patients/