[Report 1938] / Medical Officer of Health, Nottingham City.
- Nottingham (England). City Council.
- Date:
- 1938
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1938] / Medical Officer of Health, Nottingham City. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![TUBERCULOSIS. {The following report has been contributed jointly by the tuberculosis officer, Dr. J. V. Whitaker, and the assistant tuberculosis officer. Dr. F. H. W. Tozer). During the year 1938 the work undertaken the staff of the tuberculosis department has mainly followed along the lines laid down during 1937. At the Forest Dene Clinic and also at the City Sanatorium and the City Hospital the same weekly time-table has been found to be satisfactory and has consequently been adhered to. During the year there has been a progressive increase in the work accomplished at the Forest Dene Clinic. This increase would appear to be the measure of a growing appreciation by both medical practitioners and their patients of the facilities available at the clinic. An additional health visitor has been appointed in order to cope with the increased work now being done. Numerous alterations and additions have been effected at Forest Dene. These have included the provision of improved office accommodation for the health visitors, and improved accommodation and facilities for the carrying out of clinical tests. Fireproof accommodation for the storage of X-ray films and other inflammable materials has also been provided. Improvements have been effected to the existing heating installation— particularly in the X-ray room where it is essential that the apparatus should be ke])t dry. An entirely new dcnnestic hot water system has been provided, the hot water being derived from a Beeston boiler erected in the basement. A communicating door has been constructed between the medical officer’s room on the first floor and](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29924480_0123.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
