[Report 1934] / School Medical Officer of Health, Exeter.
- Exeter (England). City Council
- Date:
- 1934
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1934] / School Medical Officer of Health, Exeter. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![The following figures apply to the entire department and are not given separately for the City and County: — Number of cases who ceased to attend the out- patient clinic— Before completing a course of treatment 83 Number of cases transferred to other Treatment Centres after treatment or to care of private practitioners 28 Number of cases discharged from out-patient Clinic after completion of treatment and observation 83 Number of cases which ceased to attend after com- pletion of treatment but before final tests of cure 27 Number of cases who, on 31-12-33, were under treatment or observation 113 334 The total number of cases under treatment at the end of the year showed a decrease of 22. Attendances are not limited to Clinic hours but patients attend on other days and hours for interim treatment. Notices are exhibited in all the Public Conveniences, setting out the facilities available and judging from the number of enquiries originating from these notices, they are undoubtedly doing a good and valuable v/ork. These arrangements are intimated to all doctors com- mencing practice in Exeter. Six medica] practitioners were supplieci with arseno-benzol compounds free amounting to 62 doses in all. The number of patients who failed to complete treat- ment, or else failed to attend until definite tests of cure have been made, varies from vear to vear. Careful educa- tion of young adults in these matters is the only sure way of reducing these figures. Other plans which have been suggested are only too likely to drive the diseases under- ground, and the patients into the hands of quacks,](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29199128_0080.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
