[Report 1912] / Medical Officer of Health, St Annes-on-the-Sea U.D.C.

  • St. Annes-on-the-Sea (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1912
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Credit: [Report 1912] / Medical Officer of Health, St Annes-on-the-Sea U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    lu more effective measuics may be taken, l^otli for the pre¬ vention and enre of the disease. The following method, taken from one of onr County Boroughs, will probably to a great extent be the one adopted in the County On receipt 6f the notification from the Doctor, the house of the patient will be visited, if necessar}^ by the Medical Officer of Health or his Assistants, with the object more especially of noting the suiroundings with regard to sanitation, overcrowding, etc., and the occupation of the patient, and, if the conditions appear dangerous, either to the patient or others, it is' decided that the sufferer would benefit by Sanatorium treatment, application would be made, together with a report on the case, by the attending Doctor to the Insurance Committee, who would refer it to the Tuberculosis Officer to investigate and recommend, if he thinks fit, to either the Observation or Curative Sanatorium. Should a case be treated at home, domiciliary treatment, a quarterly report regarding the symptoms, progress, and treatment of the disease would have to be made by the Medical Practitioner to the Consulting Officer. It is important to note that dependents on insured persons could receive sanatorium benefits under the Act. Since the 1911 regulations, further ones have been issued, which came into operation on the ist of February, 1913, the most important of which is that all cases of Tuberculosis, non-Pulmonary as well as Pulmonary, should be notified, and that a weekly statement of each notification, with con¬ siderable information, regarding it, should be sent to the County Medical Officer of Health. Another regulation issued on the 15th August, 1912, and which came into operation on the ist September. 1912, is