[Report 1947] / Medical Officer of Health, Canterbury Borough / City & County.

  • Canterbury (England). City & County Council.
Date:
1947
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Credit: [Report 1947] / Medical Officer of Health, Canterbury Borough / City & County. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Thirty-three patients were treated during the year, some of them receiving treatment in several hospitals. The list shown below gives the number of^cases treated at each hospital. Kettlewell ... ... ... ... ... 7 Royal Sea Bathing Hospital, Margate ... 5 Lenham ... ... ... ... ... ... 16 Kent and Canterbury 5 London Chest ... ... ... ... ... 2 ]\Iiller ... ... ... ... ... ... 4 Keycol ... ... ... ... ... ... 3 Orpington ... ... ... ... ... i Royal National ... ... ... ... ... i Benenden ... ... ... ... ... 2 Preston Hall ... ... ... ... ... i The number of cases who received extra nourishment ancillary to their treatment at home was 35. The expense was met by the Council as Tuberculosis Authority. VENEREAL DISEASES A Venereal Diseases Clinic is held at the Kent and Canterbui'}'^ Hospital as follows ;— F'emales : Tuesdays, 2.30 p.ni.; Fridays, 2.30 p.m. Males : Tuesdays, 5.0 p.m.; Fridays, 5.0 p.m. The number of patients who attended in 1947 was as follows :— June Quarter ... ... ... ... ... 201 September Quarter ... ... ... ... 181 December Quarter ... ... ... ... 201 In-patients treatment can also be provided at the Hospital, responsibility for treatment being accepted by this Authority. No action under Section 33B of the Defence Regulations was found necessary during the year. The part-time almoner appointed to the Venereal Diseases Clinic to trace contacts and follow up defaulters continued her duties unobtrusively iiiider the direction of the Venereologist. INFECTIOUS DISEASES Prevalence of, and Control Over, Infectious and Other Diseases Under the Notihcation of Diseases Section of the Public Health Act, 1936, 503 cases (exclusive of Tuberculosis) were notified by Medical Practitioners as against 161 in 1946. Phghteen cases of Scarlet Fever were notified during the year compared with 26 cases last year.