[Report 1938] / Medical Officer of Health, West Riding of Yorkshire County Council.

  • West Riding of Yorkshire (England). County Council
Date:
1938
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    Table XXIII. Table giving an analysis ol the combined returns of treatment centres for the year 1938, compared with previous years :— Year. New Patients. No. of In-patient days. Out-patient attendances. 1933 1,484 3,644 57,868 1934 1,674 1,539 62,231 1935 1,555 1,079 61,646 1936 1,722 1,054 62,204 1937 1,659 1,002 67,089 1938 1,499 1,231 67,036 The returns for the year 1938 for the various treatment centres show that 160 fewer new patients residing in the Administrative County attended the various clinics serving the area. This reduction is almost entirely in the numbers of new cases of syphilis and non-venereal conditions, since the number of new cases of gonorrhoea is onlv 16 less than in 1937. It is gratifying to note that 33 per cent, of the total number of new cases were found to be suffering from complaints other than venereal disease. These cases are made up of persons who have attended treatment centres for examination on their suspicion of having contracted venereal disease, but who, after prolonged clinical, bacteriological and serological examination were found not to be infected. 1 he ratio of total attendances to total new cases continues to grow and is now 45 to 1 compared with 39 to 1 in 1933. It is of interest to record that although there has been a 10 per cent, reduction in the total number of new cases Compared with 1937, there has been a reduction of less than 1 per cent, in the number of out-patient attendances. This suggests that infected patients are attending more regularly for examination and treatment and that there are fewer defaulters. I he New Venereal Diseases Clinic at the Harrogate and District General Hospital has been completed and was opened for the treatment of patients on the 1st October, 1938. The building is well equipped for its purpose and should prove of great value in bringing infected persons in the district under treatment. The number of patients receiving treatment in the Hope Hospital was 17, the total number of in-patient days being 1,327, and the number ol doses of arsenobenzene compounds given in treatment was 30. Genera] practitioners who are approved in accordance with the requirements of the Ministry of Health to receive arsenobenzene compounds now number 101, an increase of 8 from the previous year. 1 he usual programme consisting of a month's intensive campaign divided into two weeks in the spring and two weeks in the autumn was again a complete success, and the lecturer from the British Social Hygiene Council was received with great appreciation. The itinerary in the spring comprised visits to Oxenhope, Haworth, Oakworth, Steeton, Keighley, Sutton-in-Craven, Cowling, Denholme, Bingley and Morton. In the autumn visits were paid to Moorends, Thorne, Dunscroft, Stainforth, Rawcliffe, Goole, Selby, Swinefleet, Cawood and Snaith, and 6,750 was the estimated total of attendances. Public Health Legislation, etc., during 1938. I.—ORDERS, CIRCULARS AND MEMORANDA ISSUED BY THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH, AND OTHER GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS. Cmd. 5628. Cmd. 5629. Cmd. 5664. Bulletin No. 52. Cmd. 5772. Order No. 217. Order No. 218. General. Local Government and Public Health Consolidation Committee, 3rd Interim Report, December, 1937. Local Government and Public Health Consolidation Committee. Draft of a Food and Drugs Bill, prepared by the Committee. Report on a Public Inquiry into an Outbreak of Typhoid Fever at Croydon in October and November, 1937. The Milk Marketing Scheme, 1933, as amended to 3rd August, 1937. Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries. Modern Milk Production, 2nd Edition, November, 1937. Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries. Milk. Arrangements for Increasing the Demand for Milk within the Area of the Milk Marketing Board by Publicity and Propaganda. 4th Scheme. 6th December, 1937. Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries. Milk Acts, 1934 to 1937. Certain provisions of the Acts showing amendments proposed to be made by the Milk (Extension and Amendment) Bill. Milk and Dairies Amendment Order. 15th March, 1938. Milk (Special Designations) Amendment Order. 15th March, 1938.