[Report 1948] / Medical Officer of Health, Manchester City.
- Manchester (England). City Council. n 88637066.
- Date:
- 1948
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1948] / Medical Officer of Health, Manchester City. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![These powers are only exercised occasionally and it is generally possible to persuade tl patient to allow himself to be removed to hospital voluntarily. In cases which are reported and where removal to hospital cannot be arranged or is ui necessary, th6 aged and infirm persons concerned are visited frequently by health visitors wl make any necessary arrangements for their home care. Home nurses and domestic help aj provided where necessary. 11. The City Council will continue these arrangements from the appointed day. Rehabilitation of mothers and young children. 12. The City Council has an arrangement with the Community Council of Lancashire where! they recommend to the latter organisation suitable cases for admission to their recuperatio centre (or rest home). The types of case recommended are mothers with children whose hon circumstances are unsatisfactory or anti-social ; where there is lack of training and experienc in housewifery and child management ; ill health and lowered vitality due to child bearing ( domestic circumstances. The mothers and children concerned are admitted to the recuperatio centre for a period of up to six weeks in each case and during this period they are given ever assistance to improve their knowledge of housewifery and their physical and mental wellborn as well as that of their children. ] The City Council pay the whole cost of maintenance of these families at the recuperatio centre. 13. The City Council will continue these arrangements from the appointed day and wi recover from persons availing themselves of the service such charges as the City Council deer to be reasonable having regard to the means of those persons. Venereal disease. 14. A special health visitor is engaged in training and following-up of persons under treatmen for venereal disease and of persons known or believed to be sources of venereal infectior General assistance with regard to the following up of cases of venereal disease other than thos notified under the Defence Regulation is given by health visitors generally and close liason i maintained with treatment centres. 15. The City Council will continue these arrangements as from the appointed day, b agreement with the Manchester Regional Hospital Board. ' Health Education. 16. The City Council’s present arrangements for health education are through the followin media :—- (а) field workers—health visitors and sanitary inspectors ; j (б) publicity—films, press, lectures, publications, radio, and exhibitions ; (c) co-operation with organisations having the same objectives. Health education is pursued particularly with regard to diphtheria immunisation and simila matters and the City Council co-operate with the Central Council for Health Education ant subscribe to the activities of this body in many directions. 17. The City Council will continue to implement their existing arrangements as from the appointed day and will arrange for an annual programme of health education to be preparec and put into effect. 18. The arrangements concerning the care and after-care of persons other than those suffering from tuberculosis will be such as will not fall to be made by the Authority within the scope o: provisions of Part III of the National Assistance Act, 1948. Development plan. 19. With a view to provision during 1949/50, the City Council will submit further details tc the Minister in due course, including particulars as to cost, of a mobile meals service, to provide special and extra nourishment for discharged hospital patients, including tuberculosis patients and others requiring a special diet, and aged and infirm persons who, due to their circumstances, require special provision.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29785698_0310.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
