[Report 1947] / Medical Officer of Health, Somerset County Council.

  • Somerset Council
Date:
1947
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Credit: [Report 1947] / Medical Officer of Health, Somerset County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TABLE X. Dispensary Attendances. Persons treated at Dispensaries during 1947. Total Dispensary Attendances 1947. Bath (County) 24 457 Bridgwater 259 2,089 Bristol 30 692 Chard ... . 56 560 Clevedon ... 60 577 Glastonbury 78 194 klinehead ... 138 991 Radstock ... 111 551 She])lon Mallet ... 45 159 Taunton ... 1,106 3,766 Weston-super-Mare 123 1,423 Wincanton 5 108 Yeovil 60 322 Totals 2,095 11,889 Quantock Summer Camp. The Camp was not held this year. Tuberculosis Allowances Scheme. Up to the end of the year 648 cases have been accepted since the adoption of the Scheme in Somerset on 4th July, 1943. Payment of allowance has ceased, however, in 440 of these cases owing to return to work or for other reasons. Tubfrculosis Officer’s Clinical Report for 1947. Dr. Kitcat, Chief Tuberculosis Officer, has written the following report:— As will be seen from the figures, 1947 showed a considerable increase over 1946 in the number of cases of Pulmonary Tuberculosis. There is, also, a very marked increase in the number of cases referred for investigation, this being particularly marked at Taunton, Bridgwater and Weston-super-Mare. This increase is expected to continue under the National Health Service. Up to the present it has been possible to maintain all the existing beds in yonr sanatoria, but nursing staff continues to decrease rather than increase and the staffing of beds for Tubercu¬ losis is likely to remain a major anxiety for some years to come. There is a marked increase in the nnmber of young children found to be suffering from active Pulmonary Tuberculosis, and a cliilrlren’s ward for such cases is urgently required at Musgrove Hospital. So far, however, it has not been possible to organise this owing to the iuipossibility of getting nursing staff.