Report of the Committee of Management and Medical Director : 1946 / Papworth Village Settlement.

  • Papworth Village Settlement (Cambridge, England)
Date:
1946
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Credit: Report of the Committee of Management and Medical Director : 1946 / Papworth Village Settlement. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    GENERAL MEDICAL STATISTICS Men Women Total Admissions 24! 140 381 Discharges 234 145 379 Average No. under Treatment ... 326 155 481 Total treated during year 572 295 866 Service cases admitted 45 5 50 SURGICAL UNIT (THE NELSON-LANGERMANN HOSPITAL) Hon. Visiting Surgeon : J. E>. Hunter, tA.C., M.Ch., F.R.C.S. Visiting Thoracic Surgeon : 0. S. Tubbs, F.R.C.S. Hon. Anaesthetist : H. N. Webber, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., D.A. Operations performed during 1946 : Thoracoplasty Total number completed during 1946... 47 Total number of stages... 1 14 Number of deaths 1 Pneumonectomy ... 1 Thoracoscopies 85 Extra-pleural pneumothorax 2 Phrenic crush 57 Bronchoscopies 13 Drainage of empyema mixed infection ... 1 pyogenic infection only... 1 Orthopaedic (Mr. R. Weeden Butler) 7 including 1 tarsectomy and 1 arthrodesis of elbow. Other minor operations • • • • • • 5 Men Women Patients admitted direct for surgical treatment 49 61 Follow-up of thoracoplasties. In conjunction with the Research Dept., a scheme has been evolved for the “fcllow-up” of these cases, together with those thora¬ coplasties to be performed in the future. REHABILITATION STATISTICS Patients colonized : Men Women Total Institution ... ... 7 7 14 Industries ... ... 7 6 13 27 Number of colonists at end of year : Institution ... 28 38 66 Industries ... 214 29 243 309 X-RAY DEPARTMENT £. W. Groves, M.S.R. With regard to the general radiographic work in 1946 with the various plants, not much need be said other than that the department had again to cope with a considerable increase in the demand for radiography. The total number of exposures made ex¬ ceeded those in 1945 by 1,219 and the attend¬ ance of individual patients increased by 432. The above mentioned excess of 1,219 was largely made up of 435 “straight chest expos¬ ures”, and 626 exposures of tomograms, for which latter there was a constant and in¬ creasing demand. With regard to the various X-Ray plants in use, the main installation of Messrs. A. E. Dean & Co. at the Bernhard Baron Hospital, on which by far the greater part of radiography is undertaken, has continued to function in a most satisfactory and trouble-free manner. The screening plant in the same department is in constant daily use for the screening of chests during routine examinations, and in connec¬ tion with the Collapse Therapy unit. The need for a small X-Ray plant with port¬ ability as one of its most essential features, had long been felt, and after a number of en¬ quiries from firms and individuals, and in¬ cluding inspection of a plant at the makers by a member of the department, the information was submitted to Dr. Kerley, and following his advice a “Simplex” Unit by Messrs. General Radiological, Ltd., was ordered, and delivered on October 30th. This unit has proved a most valuable addi¬ tion to the equipment, and useful work has been undertaken not only in the wards, but also in the private houses of the Settlement. Twenty-three films of 14 patients were taken with this unit in the last two months of the year. The department has been able to assist in the preparation and demonstration of material for a number of lectures, talks and classes, in particular the N.A.P.T. course in June, held partly at Girton and partly at Papworth. On this occasion and many others, consider¬ able interest was displayed in the modern [12]