[Report 1941] / Medical Officer of Health, Somerset County Council.

  • Somerset Council
Date:
1941
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Credit: [Report 1941] / Medical Officer of Health, Somerset County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The following is a suinuiary of this work :'—i Condition. No. Reported. Extra Nourishment Grant. Treated at F.C. or I.W.C. Treated I’rivately or Hospital. 'J'r<;at(;d by County. Malnutrition ... - < 57 31 10 4(a); 1(d); 1(f); 1(h); l(i). llickets (early) 23 17 5 6 4(c). llickets with deformity 20 4 7 6 1(a); 18(c). Debility 96 84 23 24 11(a). Catarrhal 56 51 8 12 3(d). Tonsils ct Adenoids, Otorrhcea, etc. 13 4 3 8 ^(g)- Minor Postural 65 13 22 17 24(c). Orthopiedic 76 4 21 17 68(c); 1(d). Eye defects (Squint 61, other 8) ... 69 0 9 3 56(b). Miscellaneous 98 20 26 29 11(a); 7(cj; 6(d); 1(h); 2(i); 3(k). 593 254 155 132 226 (u) Mary Stanley Home 27; (b) County Oculist 56; (c) OrtlioiDsedic Clinic 121; (dj Tuber¬ culosis Clinic 11; (e) Public Assistance Institution U; (f) Nursery Treatment 1; (gj Tonsils and Adenoids Oi)eration 2; (b) U.V. Light 2; (ij Hostel or Sick Buy 3; (k) Dentist 3. (e) Baby Hospital, Bridgwater. The following is a summary of the year's work:—Number in Ward, January 1st, 7; admitted during 1941, 28; Total—35. The reasons for admission were, as before, mainly nutritional difficulties and ])rematurity. All made satisfactory improvement excejDt 9 who died. Average length of stay of cases discharged in 1941—9 weeks. Special Institutional Treatment for Children from 1 to 5 years of age. One child suffering from malnutrition was accepted under this scheme for 3 weeks' treat¬ ment at the Tralee Sick Bay, Weston-super-Mare. Ophthalmia Neonatorum. During the year 22 cases were lujlibed. Of these 7 were sent to Hospital. The distribu¬ tion of the cases is shown in Table 'VI. One child died, but all the cases in which treatment was completed showed vision uninq^aired at the time of the report. Flying Clinics. Medical Officers were unable to include in their programme of work any “flying clinic’' visits in 1941. The routine consultations at established Welfare Centres were, however, continued. Birth Control. During the year the number of applications received by Dr. llalliday from various sources for advice and assistance was 12. Of tliese cases, 4 were seen and advised personally by Dr. Halliday, while the remaining 8 were referred to other clinics. i f