[Report 1937] / Medical Officer of Health, Nottingham City.

  • Nottingham City Council
Date:
1937
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Credit: [Report 1937] / Medical Officer of Health, Nottingham City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    his long and valued work for the sightless. His place was taken by Mr. A. C. V. Thomas. Changes in administration will result from the opera¬ tion of the Blind Persons Act 1938. The principal alterations are— (a) A reduction in tlie age at which pensions may be paid to blind persons under the Old Age Pensions Act 1936, from 50 to 40 years. (b) That all assistance to blind persons by Local Authorities (other than institutional or medical assistance) be given under the Blind Persons Act and not by way of poor relief. (c) Provision for recovery of cost of assistance by one English local authority from another in certain circumstances. ULTRA-VIOLET RAY CLINIC, 32, Heathcoai Street. The Health Department continues to provide treatment by ultra-violet and infra-red rays to persons for whom either of these courses has been prescribed by medical advisers. The treatment is administered under medical super¬ vision. Great value is reported in the case of weakly children referred from the infant welfare centres, par¬ ticularly those suffering, or likely to suffer from rickets. The following statistics refer to 1937 :— Total number of patients treated— Males 156; Females 204 .. .. 360 Total number of treatments administered .. 6,765 Number of paying patients (a) City .. 138 (6) County .. 9 - 147 Free patients .. .. .. .. 213