[Report 1942] / Medical Officer of Health, Banbury Borough.

  • Banbury (Oxfordshire, England). Borough Council.
Date:
1942
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Credit: [Report 1942] / Medical Officer of Health, Banbury Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    18 Scabies. The treatment of Scabies at the Clinic was continued during the year 1942, and patients were also treated as in-patients in the Infeetious Diseases Hospital. The following tables give particulars of the numbers of patients (differentiating between Borough and Evacuee Patients) and the number of treatments given :— (a) Scabies Clinic. Borough. Evacuees. Total. Number of patients receiving treat- ment at 1st January, 1942 13 2 15 Number of Patients admitted 1942 :— New Patients 104 27 131 Re-infected Patients 35 15 50 Discharges during the year 1942 :— Cured 126 40 166 Transferred to Hospitals, etc. 2 1 3 Ceased attending, left town, etc 6 1 7 Number of patients receiving treat- ment at 31st December, 1942 18 2 20 Number of Treatments given ... 2158 614 2772 Analysis of Patients, 1942 :— Under School Age ... 6 3 9 School Age ... 109 36 145 Over School Age (including Adults) .37 5 42 Number of patients in respect of which bedding was disinfected by steam 35 (b) Infectious Diseases Hospital. (In-Patients). Number of Patients admitted with Borough. Evacuees. Others. Scabies 3 6 4 Total Days 13 101 33 Average number of days per patient ... 4.3 16.8 8.25