Report of the Committee of Management and Medical Director : 1948 / Papworth Village Settlement.

  • Papworth Village Settlement (Cambridge, England)
Date:
1948
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Credit: Report of the Committee of Management and Medical Director : 1948 / Papworth Village Settlement. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    GENERAL MEDICAL STATISTICS 1948 (I) January 1st to July 4th : Male Female Total (a) Average No. under 467 treatment 321 146 (b) Admissions ... 105 83 188 (c) Discharges ... 107 89 196 (d) Total No. treated 418 228 646 (2) July 5th to December 31st Rehabilitation Patients only (a) Average No. under treatment . 221 73 294 (b) Admissions. 53 13 66 (c) Discharges ... 49 7 56 (d) Total No. treated ... 274 87 361 (3) January 1 st to December 31 St : (includes Hospital patients until July 4th, 1948). (a) Average No. under treatment 269 112 381 (b) Admissions ... .158 96 254 (c) Discharges ... 156 96 252 (d) Total No. treated ... 468 241 709 Ministry of Labour Training Scheme Statistics as at 31st December No. of applicants—99. 16 terminated through Colonization 4 ,, ,, Sickness I On receiving Pension 5 On leaving the Settlement I Progress not being satisfactory. No. working 6 hours —14 men, 7 women C _ O 0 ,, ,, 3 ,, —19 ,, 21 ,, REHABILITATION STATISTICS Men Women Total Patients colonized : Institution ... 12 15 27 Industries ... 31 7 38 65 SURGICAL UNIT (THE NELSON-LANGERMANN HOSPITAL) Surgical Director, J. 6. Hunter, C.B.E., M.A., M.C., M. Ch., F.R.C.S. Asst. Surgical Director, G. Kent Harrison, M.D., F.R.C.S. Consulting Hon. Anaesthetist, H. N. Webber, M.A., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., D.A. During the period under review, Mr. Tubbs, who had been surgeon to the Depart¬ ment, had to restrict his activities owing to pressure of work, and Mr. G. Kent Harrison joined the staff as Assistant Director. An increasing amount of surgical work is now done in the Department, and this is likely to increase in the future. A total of 239 operations were carried out, 231 of them on tuberculous patients and 8 of them on patients with other chest diseases. 64 of these were major operations, and 175 minor procedures. Owing to the increasing amount of work the nursing in the Surgical Depart¬ ment has been correspondingly heavy and there has been considerable difficulty in meeting the requirements, but the difficulties have been successfully overcome with the willing co-operation of Matron and her staff. It will be realized that the nursing of these surgical cases is extremely arduous, important and heavy work, but, at the same time, is of great interest. Operations performed during the period 1st January to 4th July, 1948. Thoracoplasty Stages ... ... ... 42 Thoracoscopies and Adhesion Section 67 Extrapleural Pneumothorax ... ... 5 Phrenic Crush ... ... ... ... 62 Bronchoscopies (including 3 Non-T.B.) 42 Thoracotomy ... ... ... ... I Pneumonectomy (Non. T.B.). 4 X-RAY DEPARTMENT £. W. Groves, M.S.R. January 1st—July 5th, 1948 Again I have to report that during the period under consideration, which owing to the inauguration of the National Health Service is for six months only, work in the X-ray Department continued as usual. [9]