[Report 1951] / Medical Officer of Health, Westmorland County Council.

  • Westmorland (England). County Council.
Date:
1951
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    more plentiful some thought should be given to the building of more suitable premises. The Hospital Car Service has been very busy dur¬ ing the past year, and I think it can be said that we have now reached a steady level of use. The Council has made no change in the Service during the past year and so relies entirely on the service of voluntary car drivers and taxis. As in the previous year there is a tendency for the use of taxis to increase, particularly in the north-of the County. The Nursing Service has continued to function satisfactorily during the year. Resignations from the nursing staff have made it possible for the districts of Orton and Tebay, Crosby Ravensworth and Ravenstonedale to be put in two districts in place of three. In Kendal, the resignation of the full-time school nurse has made it possible to divide Kendal into separate districts, wherein each district the nurse is responsible for all the services. No nurses' houses were completed during the past year. There has been a small but increasing demand for convalescence. So far there has been no difficulty in accommodating the cases in suitable convalescent homes. The receipt of Ministry of Health Circular 27/51 seemed to offer the hope of providing a link between the two Public Health Services, which exist independently in Westmorland, together, and although no positive action has hitherto been taken, it is to be hoped, in view of the urgent necessity for economy, that the Combined Districts may be persuaded to modify their present attitude of resistance to any change. This year an interesting report on Tuberculosis in North Westmor¬ land by Dr. W. Hugh Morton, the Consultant Chest Physician to the Newcastle-upon-Tyne Special Area of Cumberland and Westmorland, is included for the first time. In this report menton is made of Ormside Hospital which has been converted into a small sanatorium for cases of tuberculosis. The Special Area Committee is to be con¬ gratulated on the excellent way in which it has adapted and improved this building so that it will now prove a valuable asset to the community. I have the honour to be. Your obedient Servant, JOHN A. GUY, County Medical Officer of Health. 3