[Report 1935] / Medical Officer of Health, Hertfordshire County Council.

  • Hertfordshire (England). County Council. n 50062101.
Date:
1935
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Credit: [Report 1935] / Medical Officer of Health, Hertfordshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Cases of cutaneous tuberculosis receive light treatment at the London Hospital; during the year 15 patients received such treatment, compared with 19 last year. X-Rays.—Three hundred and thirty-three films were taken at the Hertford County Hospital during the year. New workshops are being prepared as and when labour is available. A portable sound-film apparatus was purchased during the year, and patients in the wards, as well as those who are convalescent, are now able to see films. Thanks are due to the members of the Ladies’ Committee and other kind friends for gifts and help during the year. Nursing of Patients.—-The following figures supplied to me by Miss Harrington give some indication of the work of the district nurses in the county in connection with the nursing of patients suffering from tuberculosis. During the year, the district nurses have attended 169 cases, of which 80 were nursing cases and 89 observation cases. They have also visited 205 cases for the purpose of taking Table 12. Giving Particulars of Dispensary Work, 1935. Dispensaries. Number of Nurses' attendances at Dispensary. Number of patients. Discharged—no further treatment necessary. Sanatorium or dis- charged for other reasons. On books at end of year. Number of patients’ attendances at Dispensary. District Nurses : Berkhamp stead 23 71 8 39 24 160 Bishop’s Stortford 23 80 8 42 30 191 Hatfield 22 62 4 22 36 180 Hemel Hempstead 51 107 4 69 34 321 Hitchin 53 205 19 130 56 623 Hertford 49 247 14 139 94 734 St. Albans 63 286 20 167 99 702 Waltham Cross 51 100 10 57 33 247 Watford /Children watiora |Adults 23 102 77 25 219 48 272 1 183 88 787 County Council Health Visitors :— Barnet 51 211 6 143 62 545 Letchworth . 53 145 14 95 36 520 Totals . 510 1,888 108 1,163 617 5,229