[Report 1930] / Medical Officer of Health, Greenock Burgh.

  • Greenock (Scotland). Burgh Council.
Date:
1930
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Credit: [Report 1930] / Medical Officer of Health, Greenock Burgh. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    There continued to be difficulty during the year in keeping the hospital staffed with a sufficient number of suitably trained nurses, and it has been necessary to employ a number who do not hold certificates. The accommodation provided for them is sufficient and suitable. The supply of medicines and medical appliances is sufficient. The general equipment of the wards is satisfactory and the bathing ot the sick is regularly carried out. Considerable inconvenience and some difficulty are, however, experienced in carrying out the bathing in the hospital wards at times on account of the existing arrangement for the supply of hot water. Hot water is not always available during the day, and never after 10 p.m. The wards are well heated during the day and ventilation receives careful attention. The sanitary arrangements are satisfactory. The question of providing accommodation for maternity casts and sick children separate from the ordinary sick might be considered with advantage in both classes. Offensive cases such as Itch are isolated in the probationary wards. By arrangement between the Medical Officer ot Health and the Inspector of Public Assistance., all patients who apply for admission, certified by an outside doctor as suffering from tuberculosis, are accommodated in the tuberculosis pavilion until examined by the Medical Officer of Health, who decides the disposal of the case. Ail inmates who are, in the opinion of the Resident Medical Officer, suffering from tuberculosis are notified and are seen by tbe Medical Officer of Health as soon as possible. Infectious fevers go to Gateside Hospital. Cases of veuereal disease are sent for treatment to the VI). centre in Greenock. The services of a surgeon in Greenock may be requisitioned where major operative measures appear to be necessary, and cases are admitted to the Royal Infirmary if suitable and accommodation there available. The great majority of cases of cancer admitted are inoperable. When a case arises where surgical treatment is considered necessary and justifiable, a surgeon from Greenock is called upon to deal with it.