[Report 1933] / Medical Officer of Health, Canterbury Borough / City & County.

  • Canterbury (England). City & County Council.
Date:
1933
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Credit: [Report 1933] / Medical Officer of Health, Canterbury Borough / City & County. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    (g) Tuberculosis.—The County Sanatorium at Lenliam con- tains lo beds for the use of Canterbury patients. Accommodation can be obtained at other Sanatoria and 'i'raining Colonies when necessary. Surgical cases arc sent to the Royal Sea Bathing Hospital, Margate. (h) Shelters.—Two revolving shelters are maintained in the Nunnery Fields Hospital grounds for two male and two female patients. (i) Chronic Sick, etc.—There is accommodation for chronic sick and elderly persons, as well as homeless infants and children, at the Hospital of the Public Assistance Committee at Nunnery Fields. (See under H.G.A., 1929.) (j) Maternity.—The Canterbury Maternity Flostel in the Dane John has accommodation for 6 patients. Two beds are available at the Kent and Canterbury Hospital for complicated IMaternity cases. (k) Mental Hygiene.—A Psycho-Therapeutic Clinic is held at the General Hospital by the Medical vSuperintendent of the City Mental Hospital. The Health Visitor acts as an authorised officer for the purposes of Section 17 of the Mental Treatment Act, 1930. (l) Cancer.—Operative treatment is available at the General Hospital. A Cancer Clinic has been established at the West Kent Hospital, Maidstone, for all persons in the County, and radium treatment is available there to citizens of Canterbury. Professional Nursing in the Home. (a) General Nursing.—The Canterbury Nursing Association connected with the Kent and Canterbury Hospital supplies 12 Private Nurses for the City and County and two District Nurses working in the town. The District Nurses are financed by voluntary subscribers, Town Council and contributions from patients and local Societies. (b) Infectious Diseases.—A part-time Nurse is employed from the District Nurses by the Town Council in cases of ISfeasles, Whooping Cough or other Infectious Diseases, when this is considered desirable by the Medical Officer of Health. A whole-time Nurse would be more satisfactory. Ambulance Facilities.—A motor ambulance (presented by the Propaganda Committee) is kept at the Kent and Canterbury Hospital and is used to convey patients to and from the Hospital and Infirmary. An ambulance is kei)t for Infectious Cases at the Isolation Hospital.