[Report 1938] / Medical Officer of Health, Hertfordshire County Council.

  • Hertfordshire (England). County Council. n 50062101.
Date:
1938
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Credit: [Report 1938] / Medical Officer of Health, Hertfordshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Table 13. Annual Summary for 1938. Hospitals. New Patients. Total Atten- dances. In- patient days. Syp. S.C. Gon. Not V.D. Total. Albert Dock .... Royal Northern Hospital for Sick Children, 9 29 28 66 2,694 2 Gt. Ormond Street 1 — — 17 18 55 9 Guy’s ..... 6 — 7 12 25 612 38 King's College .... — — — — — — — Metropolitan .... — — —• — — — — Miller General .... — — — — — — — Royal Free .... 5 — 22 53 80 829 163 St. George’s .... St. John's, Lewisham St. Mary’s .... 1 — 6 4 11 180 56 — — — — — — — 4 — 12 12 28 337 36 St. Thomas’ .... 10 — 38 37 85 1,303 58 Seamen's .... — 1 1 2 20 • S. London for Women 1 — — 1 2 14 18 University College 8 — 23 11 42 1,256 — West London .... 1 — 1 3 5 93 13 Westminster .... — _ 2 2 4 231 — S. Army Mothers’ Hospital Children’s Medical Home . — — 4 2 6 79 64 — — — — — — 43 Whitechapel Clinic . 4 — 4 7 15 328 — Total .... 50 — 149 190 389 8,031 500 The total number of pathological examinations made for private practitioners in the County during the year is 273. BLIND PERSONS. The scheme provided by the County Council under The Blind Persons’ Act, 1920, provides for (a) Children under school age ; (b) employment ; (c) home workers ; (d) home teachers ; (e) maintenance grants in homes ; (/) maintenance grants in hostels ; (g) assistance to unemployable or other destitute blind persons ; (h) registration ; (j) general social welfare ; (k) miscellaneous. The Blind Persons’ Act, 1938, provides that blind persons will be entitled to old age pensions at the age of 40 and also amends the law in regard to the provision of assistance to blind persons by local authorities. Registration.—The present position of the register of blind persons in the County is as follows :—