Annual report of the Department of Public Health, Province of Alberta.

  • Alberta. Department of Public Health.
Date:
[1938]
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Credit: Annual report of the Department of Public Health, Province of Alberta. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    check is kept on communicable disease cases and contacts. Toxoid and vaccination campaigns are also carried out. Miss M. Ethel Jones supervises the work in the City of Drum- heller and surrounding Local Improvement District No. 276. A generalized programme of public health nursing is conducted in that city and district, and a weekly Child Welfare Clinic is held. An extensive anti-tuberculosis campaign is conducted in the district under the auspices of the Kinsmen Club. Thirteen tuberculosis clinics were arranged, at which the attendance was 269. Four Mental Hygiene Clinics were held, at which the attendance was 33. The follow-up work in connection with the tuberculosis and mental hygiene clinics is carried on by Miss Jones. The following is the statistical report of the school work done in Vegreville, Drumheller and the rural areas served from these centres: STATISTICAL REPORT First inspections . 2,194 Second inspections . 1,531 Classroom inspections . 81 Number not vaccinated . 988 Number with defects . 2,118 Number of vaccinations, smallpox 285 Diphtheria toxoid . 606 Weighed and measured, Drum¬ heller . 940 Schoolroom talks . 14 Home visits . 384 Child Welfare Clinics . 99 Attendance at clinics . 991 T.B. clinics . 16 With defective vision . 316 With defective hearing . 108 With throat symptoms . 655 With adenoid symptoms . 4 With carious teeth . 1,434 With malnutrition . 264 With faulty posture . 85 Glasses fitted . 35 Glasses refitted . 21 T. & A. operations . 86 Dental treatments . 175 Medical treatments . 17 Communicable diseases . 44 The Emergency Hospital at the Edmonton Exhibition in July was in charge of Miss A. L. Conroy, with student nurses from the city hospitals assisting. There were 253 cases treated for cuts and burns, exposure to heat, etc., and 3 patients were sent to hospital. District Nursing Service. The districts of Valley view, Kinuso, Fawcett, Peers, Pendryl, Smith, Worsley, Hines Creek, Tangent, Lindale, Blueberry Moun¬ tain, Fort Assiniboine, and Alder Flats are served by District Nurses. The nursing service in Plamondon and Wanham districts is carried on under the supervision of the Public Health Nursing Division. Nurses serving these districts have had special training and experience in obstetrics, and show particular adaptability in carrying on such a programme of work in isolated communities. There is a gradual increase of work in the districts. The nurses took care of 277 obstetrical cases and 39 abortions, making a total of 316 cases, and showing an increase of 42 over last year’s figures. There is an increase of three over last year’s figures in abortions. One maternal death was reported. This death occurred in the Peace River country, and was due to eclampsia. The nurse was unaware of the existence of the family until she was called to the patient’s bedside an hour or two before death occurred. The number of patients immunized against Diphtheria by the district nurses was 2,536, and the number vaccinated against Small¬ pox, 961. Fees collected in the districts show a slight increase over the previous year, the total amounting to $1,604.16. In one district an extensive campaign against Venereal Disease has been carried on, the nurse working under the direction of Dr. Harold Orr, Director of the Division of Social Hygiene.