[Report 1945] / Medical Officer of Health, Cumberland County Council.
- Cumberland County Council
- Date:
- 1945
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Credit: [Report 1945] / Medical Officer of Health, Cumberland County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![30 Contact Tracing. The great majority of contacts attending for examina- tion or treatment were brought or sent by the original patient. In such cases no action under Regulation 33 B. is required. On receipt of one notification under the Regulation the method adopted in Cumberland is home visiting by the Health Visitor for the district. In Carlisle this is done b}^ the Lady Almoner at the Cumberland Infirmary, by arrangement with the Infirmary and the Corporation of Carlisle. In the same way defaulters in the County and City are visited at home when referred by the Medical Oflicer. The results have been good. These methods apply to women and children. In the case of male defaulters the usual way is for the Medical Officer to write to the practitioners who originally .sent the cases, and, thanks to their kindly cooperation, good results are obtained. This method is also employed to some e.xtcnt in dealing with female ca.ses. Regulation 33 B. During the year 24 persons residing in Cumberland were notified under this regulation, two of these being notified twice. Every effort was m.ade to secure their attendance at the clinics by home visits when the name and address given were sufficient, and in the two cases notified tv/icc, the compulsory powers applicable under the regulation were not required. No prosecutions were undertaken. “ During the year there has been a noticeable falling-off in the number of notifications received. Thus in the first ([uarter there were 12, in the second 4, in the third G, and in the last only 2. This is because the majority of notifications came from the forces and not from the civilian treatment centres, and demobilisation is the explanation. It therefore seems that in the future, the regulation is likely to be of very little value. The Treatment Centres. 1. The Cumberland Infirmary. “ The same hours and days of clinics were continued, there being G se.ssions per week, 3 for males and 3 for females. As demobili.sation proceeded, the male clinics have become more crowded, and it may be necessary to open the centre tor a fourth male clinic ])cr w'cek if this continues. ‘‘ In April, l!)45, arrangements w'crc made with tlie Management ('ommitteo for in-patient treatment, and one](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29133014_0048.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
