[Report 1933] / Medical Officer of Health, Darlington County Borough.

  • Darlington (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1933
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Credit: [Report 1933] / Medical Officer of Health, Darlington County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Summary of Work at Darlington Treatment Centre. New Cases Darlington Co. Durham N.R. Yorks. Total Sy])hilis 22 12 3 37 Soft Chancre .... 1 — — 1 Gonorrhoea 61 26 24 111 Conditions other than Venereal 96 31 12 139 Total .... 180 69 39 288 Total number of attendances 10,254 2,253 1,282 13,789 In-Patient Days 115 77 48 240 Total Doses of Arsenobenzene Compounds given 618 227 94 939 TUBERCULOSIS. I am pleased to be able to note tbe reduction in deaths from 79 to 70 l^articularly in such a difficult year Avhen one would have expected an in- crease due to poor feeding and associated worries of family life. There is still unfortunately much reluctance on the part of patients to face the facts. Late consultation with a doctor and late notification to me delay the all important early treatment. For instance, of the 70 deaths, 9 were noti- fied within a week of death and 17 within three months. From the informa- tion I have, most of these cases had been obviously losing weight for a year or more. One welcomes the fact that the deaths from non-pulmonary tuberculosis are the lowest on record. This can be attributed to the pasteurization of milk supplies and periodic inspection of dairy cows, as well as medical inspections. The notifications of new cases are also the lowest recorded, so that it would appear we are well on top of the disease. Advanced cases in overcrowded homes are removed to the Municipal Hospital, but special accommodation has been ojicned at our Infectious Diseases Hospital, as there is much unwillingness on the part of patients to enter the Poor Law Institution. The housing of our tuberculous families, another matter for improvement, has been helped by a subsidy scheme between the Care Committee and Housing Committee in the allocation of Council houses. Deaths from Tuberculosis :— Males. Females. Total. Tuberculosis of tbe Respiratory System 36 .... 2G .... 62 Other Tuberculous Diseases .... .... 3 .... 5 .... 8