[Report 1930] / Medical Officer of Health, Smethwick County Borough.
- Smethwick (Worcestershire, England). County Borough Council.
- Date:
- 1930
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1930] / Medical Officer of Health, Smethwick County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![SANATORIUM TREATMENT present Sanatorium accommodat,! ion foi- Smethwick patients Konisley. KiiightT^ick. Holly Lane. Men . 10 1 12 (Excluding Chalets). Women . 10 1 10 Children . — — At expense of male and female beds only. The length of time, in vveeks, that patients hav'e had to wait for admission to these beds is shown in the following table; — Length of Wait foh Admission to Sanatorium, in Weeks (from Date of Doctor’s Recommendation to Date of Admission)— Pui.MoNARA' Cases only. MEN. 1923 ]929 To 31/3/30. For Romsley, Rnightwick, etc. 2.43 2.70 5.33 For Hollj' Lane . 1.53 1.19 1.69 For all male admissions. 2.06 1.88 3.64 WOMEN. 1928 1929 To 31/3/30. For Romsley, Knightwick, etc. 1.40 2.70 1.00 For Holly Lane . 1.45 l.]9 1.00 For all female admissions . 1.40 ].8S 1.00 This table shows the average times for wafting. A wait of five weeks in the case of a man who has just, been diagnosed is a long time. During these five weeks the man is away from work and literally waiting for his treatment to begin. Or so it seems to him. Before his time comes he may begin to feel a little better and by the time his turn does come he may refuse to go away, saj’ing he feels he will be fit for his work in another week or so. In this w.ay the chance of earlj’ treatment in a few cases slips through our fingers. It would not be economical to keep a superfluity of beds waiting emptj’ for such ca.ses, but it woul|d be well to recognise the advisability of allowing the Tuberculosis Officer, when his waiting list for Sanatoi'ia gets too long, to draft off a few cases to any other recognised Sanatorium where he can obtain beds temporarily. As a matter of fact, the Council have recogni.sed this already in several instances. The table shows that the supply of beds for women is adequate. The supply for men is inadequate, but by drafting off a surplus at times of pressure, it might then be regarded as adequate. There is no provision made for children at all, and this in unfortunate.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30091226_0054.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
