[Report 1950] / Medical Officer of Health, Conisbrough U.D.C.

  • Conisbrough (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1950
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Credit: [Report 1950] / Medical Officer of Health, Conisbrough U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Sales of Milk Foods have shown a steady increase, and Health Visitors have an added responsibility in this respect. Total Receipts handled at the 2 Centres were :— Conisbrough C.W.C £262 Os. Od. (approx.) Denaby Main C.W.C £210'Os Od. (approx.) (f) Ante-Natal Clinics. Ante-Natal Clinics were held at each of the Child Welfare Centres at Denaby and Conis- brough, under the care of Dr. ]. C. A. Renshaw, Junior Obstetrician. A total number of 369 expectant mothers made a total of 1,849 visits to these Ante-Natal Clinics during the year. (g) Tuberculosis Dispensaries. Dispensary Sessions, Tuberculosis Dispensary Monday : 10.00 a.m.—12 noon Market Street, Wednesday: 10.00 a.m.—12 noon Mexborough. Tuberculosis Dispensary Thursday: 10.00 a.m.—12 noon 8, Goldthorpe Road, Goldthorpe. The staff of these Tuberculosis Dispensaries consist of a Tuberculosis CfTicer and two Tuberculosis Health Visitors, and a close liaison is kept between your Medical Officer of Health, Chief Sanitary Inspector, and the medical staff of the Tuberculosis Dispensary, Cases undergoing domiciliary treatment in overcrowded homes are investigated, and recom- mendations as necessary for re-housing placed before your Housing Committee. (h) Venereal Disease Clinic. A Treatment and Diagnostic Clinic is held at 12 Frederick Street, Rotherham, and there are other Centres at Barnsley, Sheffield and Doncaster. (i) General Hospital Services are provided in the main by the Montagu Hospital, Mexborough, Moorgate Hospital, Rother- ham, and Barnsley Beckett Hospital. All these hospitals are well equipped and staffed, and treat a large number of acute and chronic cases, both as In and Out Patients. The liaison between the Local Health Authority and the Hospital Manage- ment Committee has been very close, and Dr, Cedric C. Harvey, Paediatrician, and Dr. J. C. A. Renshaw, Junior Obstetrician, both hold clinics at the Montagu Hospital, Mexborough.
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