[Report 1934] / Medical Officer of Health, Lincoln City.

  • Lincoln (England). City Council.
Date:
1934
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Credit: [Report 1934] / Medical Officer of Health, Lincoln City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The details of the arrangements made by the Council with the Association were described in my Report for the year 1932. During 1934, the Association nursed a total number of 638 cases, and 284 of these were nursed free of charge. The corresponding figures for 1933 were 736 and 293. In addition Home Helps are employed by the Maternity and Child Welfare Department, and their services were utilised in 48 cases. No special nurses are employed for the nursing of infectious diseases in the home. (4) Clinics and Treatment Centres. During the year a new Dental Scheme was adopted by the Council which came into operation during October, 1934. Under this Scheme a Dental Clinic was established at the Infant Welfare Centre and a part-time Dentist was appointed at a fixed salary. The Dentist appointed would carry out the following work :— i. All work in connection with the Maternity and Child Welfare Com¬ mittee. ii. Work for the Public Assistance Committee. iii. Work for V.D. patients under the Health Committee. iv. Work for the Police or Tuberculous patients, or both, if possible. Under the Scheme the Dentist would ask one of his partners to assist him with cases requiring gas and in the case of Maternity and Child Welfare patients, the Assistant Medical Officer for Maternity and Child Welfare would be responsible for giving general anaesthetics. The School Dentist would carry out all the work for school children at the School Clinic as previously and also work in connection with the Police and Tuberculous patients if possible. Two additional Minor Ailment Clinics were established during the year in connection with the St. Swithin’s School and the Skellingthorpe Road School for the convenience of the school children and also to relieve the congestion at the Central School Clinic. Full details of all the Clinics under the City Council are given on Page 12.