[Report 1923] / Medical Officer of Health, Somerset County Council.

  • Somerset (England). County Council.
Date:
1923
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Credit: [Report 1923] / Medical Officer of Health, Somerset County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    % TABLE XlV. Summary of Treatment given during 1923. Nature of Treatment Given. County Treatment. dumber of Cases Other than County. Total. Domiciliary with shelter . 34 — 34 ,, without shelter . 59 145 204 Sanatorium . 180 — 180 ,, with Dispensary .. 30 — 30 ,, ,, Domiciliary (without shelter) . 37 — 37 ,, ,, Domiciliary (with shelter) 6 — 6 ,, ,, Dom. and Disp. 1 — 1 Dispensary, with shelter . 3 — 3 ,, without shelter 179 — 179 Hospital—In patient — 37 37 ,, Out patient — 3 3 In Workhouse Infirmary . — 4 4 Under private medical treatment (details not — 71 71 available) . Note :—37 of these cases were under treatment, but had not been notified as there was some doubt at the time as to whether they were actually suffering. In addition to other forms of treatment, dental treatment was provided in 14 cases, milk for a period of two months to 71 cases and nursing for 2 cases. Table XV. shows that of the 789 cases who were given treatment in 1923, sanatorium treat¬ ment was given to 254, dispensary without sanatorium treatment to 182, domiciliary without sanatorium or dispensary treatment to 238, while 115 were either under private medical treatment, and no information is available as to the variety of treatment given, or were treated in other ways. The 71 cases under private medical treatment are Not to'be visited” cases, including cases in comfortable circumstances, and those in County Asylums, etc. Dr. Short, County Tuberculosis Officer, has drawn up the following tables and remarke dealing with the treatment given under the County Council scheme and the results obtained.