[Report 1948] / Medical Officer of Health, Cambridgeshire County Council.

  • Cambridgeshire (England). County Council
Date:
1948
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Credit: [Report 1948] / Medical Officer of Health, Cambridgeshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    tn '>y the After Care Association during tire year to O patients of whom 9 were men and 16 women. Of thes^ 16 were snilU? their former occupation or some more at P ^'^P^oyment, 7 were still under active treatment at the Clinic at the end of the year, 1 was in sanatorium and 1 had died which financial assistance to tuberculous patients \remn under the terms of Memo 266/T of the Ministry of Health was transferred to the National nat cnf 1948. At the time of the transfer 38 patients were in receipt of such assistance. VENEREAL DISEASES for the diagnosis and treatment of venereal disease, the Clinic prmdously maintained by them at Addenbrooke’s Hospital having pasLd t^lie the Cambridge United Hospitals on July 5th, 1948, under the terms of the National Health Service Act. Figures have, however, been provided by the Clinic for the whole of the year and as the C ouncil was responsible during the first half of the year they are appended hereunder m full, the probability being that in luture years this section of the report will disap])ear. - - ’ ' ' ^ The following are the details Under treatment on January 1st, 1948 Old cases re-admitted First time ” patients during 1948 Total under treatment (including trans- fers from other clinics) Left without completing treatment Completed treatment but not final tests Transferred to other Treatment Centres Under treatment at end of year Out-patient attendances : (a) On Clinic days {h) On intermediate days -Aggregate “ In-patient days ” There has been a rise in the number of new cases as compared with me ligure of the previous year, though fortunately not to the 1916 level the rise affecting both sexes. Strangely enough just as the diminution as between 1946 and 1947 jvas caused by a fall in the number of patients found not to be suffering rom veneieal disease, so in 1948 the increase is largely caused by an increase in that class of case. In 1948 there were 250 non-venereal new patients as against 166 in 1947, but nevertheless this figure has twice been exceeded previously namely by the figures of 324 in 1946 and *97 in 1943. Male Female Total 107 69 176 14 8 22 281 s- 107 388 426 189 615 47 23 70 33 30 63 48 21 69 89 57 146 . 2,296 1,005 3 ,301 . 1,931 — 1 ,931 191 125 316