Annual report of the Birmingham and Midland Hospital for Women : 1946.

  • Birmingham and Midland Hospital for Women.
Date:
1946
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Credit: Annual report of the Birmingham and Midland Hospital for Women : 1946. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    keenness has indicated their ability to take up nursing, and consequently upon reaching the required age they have taken up a full course of training. The younger girls interested in nursing also find the primary work as a ward orderly a means of bridging a gap between leaving school and the time when they can train as a nurse. Thus the scheme has become to some extent a nursery for nurses. The Hospital has accordingly been enabled to continue without the closing of beds or curtailment of the work and to withstand the greater pressure that has been made on its services. The Hospital was inspected by an officer of the General Nursing Council during the year, and a satisfactory report on the inspection has been received. During the Gertrude Myers Convalescent Home. year, the Gertrude Myers Convalescent Home at Cleeve Prior has been in full use—a record number of patients has been transferred during the year—considerably relieving beds at the Hospital. Patients sent to the Home, in its pleasant surroundings, have made steady advance to a complete and active state of good health. (A report of the work of the Convalescent Home appears on page 58.) The work of the Fertility Clinic, so necessary to the completion of the gynaecological service, is Fertility Clinic. growing. The number of men and women attending this Clinic is shown by the following table 1944. 1945. 1946. New cases ... ... ... 182 ... 204 ... 240 Attendances—Female ... 612 ... 1,296 ... 1,645 Male ... 210 ... 326 ... 272 Preliminary work in connection with the inauguration of a Physiotherapy Department at the Women’s Physiotherapy Hospital has begun, and it is hoped that in Department. 1947 this new feature of the Hospital’s work will greatly assist in the rehabilitation of the patient. Massage, exercises and special forms of treat¬ ment will be the means of achieving the desired results. A new system of appointments for the attendances of out-patients commenced on 1st January, Out-Patient 1947. All new patients attend by appoint- Department. ment, and if required to return they are given a further appointment before leaving the Department. Although the system has only been working