[Report 1942] / Medical Officer of Health, Nottingham City.

  • Nottingham (England). City Council.
Date:
1942
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    the Medical Officer of Health. That the Scabies Clinic has met a real need is shown by the following report by Dr. A. D. Frazer, which deals with the period 23rd March to 31st December, 1942 :— The Centre at the Turkish Baths was opened on the 23rd March, 1942. It was planned to have a ring of subsidiary centres in the outlying parts of the City, at various First Aid Posts, but rearrangements in the Civil Defence made this impracticable and the whole of the work has been performed at this centre. The staff consists of the Medical Officer, Sister (S.B.N.) and four attendants, of which three are women. An extra helper has been employed during specially busy periods, on both the male and female sides. New patients are seen by the Medical Officer, who attends on at least nine occasions a week so as to suit all hours of employment, or, in his absence, by the Sister. Treatment, if required, is then given immediately, and as there are three baths on the female side and two on the male, a large number can be dealt with expeditiously. Patients are followed up after treatment by the Medical Officer and Sister. The uncomplicated case reports on the eighth and fifteenth day after the first visit and may then be discharged. To begin with a follow up period of three weeks was tried, but it was found that defaulting occurred on a large scale during the third week and also that relapses showed during the first fortnight. Treatment with Sulphur, Derris Boot and Benzyl Benzoate has been tried, the last now being the routine. One, two and three day Benzyl Benzoate courses and