[Report 1947] / Medical Officer of Health, Middlesbrough County Borough.

  • Middlesbrough (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1947
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Credit: [Report 1947] / Medical Officer of Health, Middlesbrough County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    i )iphtheria Immunisation Health Visitors districts percentage of children for is shown in the following Table of with corresponding immunisation whom records are in existence : Cannon Newport North Side North Ormesbv Newlands Brambles Farm and Town Centre Whinnev Banks Grove Hill Linthorpe Ayresome 18.7% 26.6% 23.68% 32.91% 37.07% 37.30% 36.33% 42.81% 45.04% 52.55% The Department took part in the propaganda for Diphtheria Immunisation by Health Visitors and the Immunisation Clerk bein'? in attendance at the Odeon Cinema, when a film dealing with the danger of Diphtheria to children was shewn. Orthopaedic Treatment. In order to facilitate the examination and treatment of children requiring orthopaedic treatment the Committee agreed th“ch children could attend the Orthopaedic Clinic at he Middlesbrough General Hospital, the fee of 2/6d. to be paid by >< Committee. It was agreed that for m-patient treatmen Committee would accept financial responsibility on the same basis as for children admitted to the Adela Shaw Hospital Kirbvmoorside. This scheme came into effect m Septembei and enabled certain cases to be treated without waitrng for the visits of the Orthopaedic Surgeon or his Assistant from the Adela Shaw Hospital. The number referred to the General Hospital is shown on page 47. Durine the vear 19 new cases were referred for examination by the Orthopaedic Surgeon from the Adela Shaw HospitH and lii attended. 85 were invited for re-attendance and 6o atten le . (i children were referred for in-patient treatment and by the end of the year 3 of these had been admitted. 1 child who had been admitted the previous year was discharged. Training of Health Visitors. The subsidising of Student Health Visitors to which the Committee had agreed in November, 194b, was put into effect when in October, four students commenced training under the Health Department of the City of Newcastle-on- under the County of Durham Board for Training of Health Visitors.