[Report 1944] / Medical Officer of Health, Rushden U.D.C.

  • Rushden (Northamptonshire, England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1944
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    month. The voluntary committee who undertake the social aspects of the welfare Work as distinct from preventive medicine, carry out the distribution on behalf of the Ministry of Food of dietary supplements, such as orange juice, vitaminised oil and vitamin capsules. An Antenatal Clinic which is also staffed by the County Council and the County Nursing Association Assistant Superintendent holds clinics every Tuesday morning at 10 a.m., at the aforenamed premises. A diphtheria immunisation clinic is held at the Alfred Street School by the County School Medical Service on the first Saturday of each month at 9.45 a.m. The Manfield Orthopaedic Clinic which acts as a local out-patient department of the Manfield Orthopaedic Hospital, Northampton, holds its clinics every alternate Friday at the Independent Wesleyan Church Schools. Hospitals. Apart from the provision of physio-therapy apparatus provided by voluntary subscription at the Cottage Hospital, no material changes have taken place in the hospital facilities for local residents. The precept levied by the Eastern Northants Joint Isolation Hospital Board for the year was £454. 11