[Report 1929] / Medical Officer of Health, Cumberland County Council.
- Cumberland County Council
- Date:
- 1929
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1929] / Medical Officer of Health, Cumberland County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![medical practitioner after six months. The (lis(;on- liunance of the calcium had an interestino- result. (See Chart No. 4.) The cod liver oil cieam with iodine has heen prepared for me by Thomson, of Elgin. None of the four cases received sanatorium treat- ment in the ordinary sense, although all four have spent a large part of the treatment period in open-air shelters supplied by the County Council. Two live in urban areas and two in rural areas. Case 1 was in bed for two months. Cases and 4 have not been in bed, Case 4 has been in bed throughout. Method of Eecouding Eesuets. The records ke])t have been (a) Sputum examinations with numerical counts of the organisms. These examinations have been carried out throughouti by the Clinical Eesearch Association, and the average number given on each chart is the average count from the examination of 40 microscopic fields. (b) Weight Eecords.—Owing to the isolated nature of the homes these records have for the most pait been taken by the patients themselves, who each have instructions to be weighed on the same machine throughout and to make accurate allow- ances for differences of clothing. (c) Temperature Charts.—These records are kept by the patients themselves, after due training. (d) X-ray examinations were attempted, but owing to distances and the expense involved had to be abandoned. (e) The usual notes on the physical signs in the chest and on the general health of the patients. Each case has been e:Samined by at least two medical men, and three of the cases have been examined 1)V three medical men. The County Medical Officer and three of my colleagues on the County Ifealtli Staff' have assisted in these examinations, and I ani much indebted to Ihe private prac- titionei’s who have undeitaken the su])ervision of the treatment in tliree of the cases and have also examined the cases and i-eported on their progress.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29132903_0049.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
