[Report 1962] / Medical Officer of Health, Bournemouth County Borough.

  • Bournemouth (England). County Borough Council. nb2004301338.
Date:
1962
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Credit: [Report 1962] / Medical Officer of Health, Bournemouth County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    needs of those who, for one reason or another, remain at home during illness or disablement, rather than go into hospital. The pattern of proposed hospital care suggests that the home- care group, particularly insofar as it includes the chronic sick and elderly, will materially increase over the next ten years and it can only be hoped that the domiciliary services, who have such a splendid record, can be strengthened to meet the changing needs of the times. The Ambulance Service For the first time since the inception of the National Health' ] Service in 1948, the number of patients carried by the Ambulance u Service fell below that of the previous year, 61,293 compared with i 62,521 in 1961, although the mileage increased from 298,566 to 304,692. Whether temporary stability has now been reached. i remains to be seen, but the Hospital Plan must eventually lead to increased use of ambulance transport, with early discharges fronr j hospital, increased out-patient attendances, the closure of small d hospitals and the setting up of large specialised units. Vaccination and Immunisation Vaccination and immunisation against smallpox, diphtheria n whooping cough, poliomyelitis, tetanus, tuberculosis and yellov [1 fever have continued on the lines recommended by the Ministn zi of Health, and in respect of the first five diseases the general prac n titioner has continued to play an increasing part. None of thesf rf diseases can be completely eradicated from the world in the fore /i seeable future, but so far as this country is concerned they can b n contained and controlled if the public accepts the simple pro 7 tective measures available. Mental Health Services Admissions to mental hospitals, while not quite so high as i 1961, numbered 425, or about one in every 350 of the populatior h Cases of mental illness were admitted to three main hospitals-, s. St. Ann’s Hospital, Canford Cliffs, Herrison Hospital, Dorchestc jr and Park Prewett Hospital, Basingstoke, and although in genen n- admissions were fairly easily arranged, there were times when waitin a; lists developed and the position was far from satisfactory. Admis n; ions to hospitals for mental subnormality, on the other hand, wei /