[Report 1914] / Medical Officer of Health, Wigan County Borough.

  • Wigan (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1914
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Credit: [Report 1914] / Medical Officer of Health, Wigan County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    In the following table will be found statistics with regard to the Dispensary Attendances of Insured Persons : — Dispensary Attendances, 1914—Insured Patients Oney. New cases examined . 121 Applicants for Sanatorium Benefit. 80 Patients examined on Discharge from a Sanatorium. 38 Patients receiving Tuberculin . 2 Patients attending during Domiciliary Treatment, i.e., Dispensary Supervision . 103 Total Attendance of Patients . 540 UNINSURED PERSONS. The same facilities are provided for uninsured persons as for the insured. The Corporation has one bed at Bowdon Sanatorium and ten beds at Pemberton Hospital. The following table gives some particulars with regard to recommendations and admissions during 1914 : — Institutionae Treatment, 1914—U NINSURED Persons Oney. Persons recommended in 1914. Admitted during 1914. Bowdon Sanatorium . 3 2 Pemberton Hospital . . 25 12 Patients receiving treatment at home, come under the following heads:—- i. Private patients of doctors. ii. Poor Eaw cases. iii. Persons attending out-patient department of Royal Albert Edward Infirmary. There are at present ample facilities for the supply of drugs outside the Dispensary. The efforts of the latter are thus mainly in the direction of supervision and education. Thermometers, recording cards, sputum papers and bags are provided, as in the case of insured persons.