[Report 1938] / Medical Officer of Health, Smethwick County Borough.

  • Smethwick (Worcestershire, England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1938
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Credit: [Report 1938] / Medical Officer of Health, Smethwick County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    11 fustic lIKAl/ril (IMIKVKXTIOX Ob TniKlK'Ul.OSfS) ’ I! IK in-AT IONS, 1925. It \\ aN not lu'cifssary to take action under tliese llonnlations diirinn ; !ie y. ar. I’l lll.lC IIIIAI/I'H AC'I', 192o, Soction 62. It was round necessary to take action mid('r this Act durme the aj.ir in one case. \l' rKK-t'Allll WOIIK. Al’ter-care work has been carried out by tlie Stall at the tdiest Clinic, and the lollowine; is a sntnmary of tlie work done durinp; tlie year; Patients receiving loan ol beds and b(>ddine ... ... 10 Patients reeeiviii; loan of shelters, inclnding beds ... ... 1 Advaaci‘d casf's on domiciliary treatment receiving loans of bed-])ans. air cushions, atomisers, etc, ... ... 79 IIO.MK Nri{:^L\T; AXl) KXTIIA XOUIUSHMENT. In 71 cases, extra nourishment in the form of grants of milk was Liiveii during the year, as against 49 cases in 1907. and 50 in 1936. I'KXTAl. TRMAT.MEXT. By arrangement with the Education C'ommittee, the services of one o( the school dentists is available for the dental treatment of Tuborcnlosis patients. Umh-r this seheine 27 patients were deaU with during the year, all bi'ing seen at Holly Tame Hospital. Two patients were provided with (A'litnres. hecheattox. Contributions of books. ]teriodical.s. etc., for tlu> patients’ library will he welcomed from anyone reading this re])ort.