[Report 1929] / Medical Officer of Health, Cumberland County Council.

  • Cumberland (England). County Council.
Date:
1929
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    were 49 compared with d5 iu 1928. t)f these Syphilis eases 22 were of less than one year’s standing:. t. o From tiiese figui'es it is evident thar both (lonorrhcea and Syphilis liave increased considerably dnrino' the yeai 1929 in the neighbourhood of Carlisle. 742 doses of Arsenoheiizene Compounds were given, and 260 Wassermann tests were carried out. 2. Wliitelmvct). Clinics were heid at the Whitehaven and West Cum- berland Hospital at tlie same hours as in former years, namely, one afternoon Clinic for women and children, and one evening Clinic for men—one day a week. (Iwing to a further increase in tlie attendances the time available is now quite insufficient and other arrange ments must be considered. A Male irrigation room should be provided and should be open daily for the treatment of Clonorrho-a under the sujiervision of a part-time Medical Orderly. The ideal arrangement would be for the Hospital to employ this mail in the rest of his time on otlier duties leaving him free foi an hour in the morning- and an hour in the evening and for tlie Medical Officer's Male Clinics wliere he would assist. Suitable men trained in the Foyal Army Medical Corps in hospital duties and V.H. work are available. One of the porters now at the Whitehaven Hospital has had such experience. It would be worth while making this suggestion to the Hospital Committee. Another room for the examination and treatment of Gonorrhoea in the female should be provided so that greater privacy than is at present avmilable could ke obtained. I’he services of the T^iirse in charge of the Clinic should be available for daily Ireatment of women. These would attend by appointment at any time convenient to the TsTursing Staff. Tt is unlikely that at first there would be many who could b*^ persuaded to attend but there is great scope for expansion in this direction. By the exercise of tact and patience and bv having the right Nurse in charge this work would undoubtedly grow. Tt is urgently recpiired. The increasing attendance which is now practically double that of 1920, at the Clinic is seen from the follow- ing table:—