[Report 1938] / Medical Officer of Health, Nottingham City.

  • Nottingham (England). City Council.
Date:
1938
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Credit: [Report 1938] / Medical Officer of Health, Nottingham City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    IIG the X-ray room with a view to facilitating the X-ray examination of patients undergoing pneumothorax refill treatment. Tlie X-ray room has been re-distem])ered in a dark maroon colour. A non-actinic lighting system operated by a switch on the control trolley has been provided. These two innovations have considerably facilitated the X-ray screen examination of patients. A light-proof fan has been provided for ventilating purposes. A milli-ampere seconds meter has been added to the main X-ray apparatus, partly with a view to protecting the tube (which is an expensive item) and partly to facilitate the obtaining of serial films of comparable quality. At the City Sanatorium the most important develo})- ment during the year has been the provision of skilled surgical treatment for all pulmonary cases found to be in need of it. The services of Mr. Laurence O’Shaughnessy, F.E.C.S., consultant surgeon to the Lambeth Cardiovascular Clinic, have been obtained for this purpose. The advances made in the technique and applications of thoracic surgery have been so con¬ siderable in recent vears that it can now be said that no tuberculosis scheme could be considered up-to-date unless it provided access to such treatment. During the past year this form of treatment has for the first time become available to tlie ordinary citizen of Notting¬ ham. It is believed that the two branches of the Citv Health De})artnient—the City Hos])ital and the City Tul)erculosis Scheme res])ectively—])rovide the only means of access available in the city to the services of a surgeon specially skilled in and exclusively practising chest surgery.