Annual report of the Department of Public Health, Province of Alberta.

  • Alberta. Department of Public Health.
Date:
[1952]
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    Cardston. The Clinic was instituted in this centre at the request of local authorities. Two Clinics were held, at which 11 new cases and four cases previously seen in other Clinics were seen. The total work load was 60. The first Clinic was held in the local doctor’s quarters and the second Clinic in the Court House Building. A very definite interest in the Clinic was shown by the people in the district. TABLE 1 SUMMARY OF NEW AND RE-REGISTERED CASES EXAMINED, TREATMENT PERIOD, INTERVIEWS, PSYCHOLOGICAL EVAMINATIONS, AND TOTAL WORK LOAD OF CLINICS Re-register Total Clinic Districts New Cases ed Cases Distribution of Work Work M. F. T. M. F. T. Pat. Col. Gen. P.E. Load Edmonton and District .. 450 294 744 130 100 230 1709 2116 1045 841 5711 Calgary and District 259 191 450 143 86 299 1018 1377 380 547 3322 Ponoka and Red Deer District 55 40 95 29 24 53 226 162 28 92 508 Totals. 764 525 1289 302 210 512 2953 3655 1453 1480 9541 NOTES: Total new cases examined since the Clinics opened in 1929 is now 13,110. Edmonton and District includes all the area served from Wetaskiwin north. This is the Northern Zone. It includes Clinics held in the Peace River-Grande Prairie area, and such points as Athabasca, Barrhead, Bonnyville, Holden, Lac la Biche, Smoky Lake, St. Paul, Vegreville, Vermilion, Wainwright and Wetaskiwin. Calgary and District includes the area served from Didsbury south. This is the Southern Zone. It includes Clinics held at such points as Brooks, Cardston, Claresholm, Didsbury, Drumheller, High River, Lethbridge, Medicine Hat, and Pincher Creek. Ponoka and Red Deer District includes the area from Didsbury on the south to Wetaskiwin on the north. This is the Central Zone. It includes Clinics at such points as Castor, Ponoka, Stettler, Rimbey, Red Deer and Rocky Mountain House. Re-registered cases are those that have been examined previously at a Clinic, and seen again for further consultation or treatment. Pat.—Patient contacts including treatment periods. Col.—Collateral, or contacts with a patient’s parents, or relatives, or with others closely interested. Gen.—General contacts regarding Clinic activities and work, including those with other Agencies and Community Services. P.E.—Psychological examinations and tests. Total Work Load—This includes patient interviews and treatment periods, interviews v/ith parents and relatives, interviews with other Agencies concerning patients or Clinic work ,and psychological examinations, by Clinic Staff members. It includes as well talks, addresses, and teaching periods by Staff members.