[Report 1955] / Medical Officer of Health, Brentwood U.D.C.

  • Brentwood (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1955
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Credit: [Report 1955] / Medical Officer of Health, Brentwood U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Subsidiary Centres: Hutton Child Welfare. 1st and 3rd Wednesday after- noons. 4th Thursday afternoon. 1st, 3rd and 5th Thursday afternoons. Herongate Health Visitors Clinic. Bentlej^ Child Welfare Health Visitors’ Session. As a result of the increased amount of clinical work performed in Brentwood consequent upon the re-allocation of time as between the Brentwood U.D.C. and the Essex County Council, the above list of Clinics has undergone modification. It is to be expected that with the growth of population, these services will expand, and further clinical sessions will take place in new premises which are in course of erection on the Thrift Park Estate and which, it is hoped, will be completed during the year 1956. Chiropody Statistics: New Patients— Attendances— This service is found particularly valuable to elderly people who form naturally quite a large percentage of patients treated. !\mbulances Services: Number of sessions ... 475 Adults 167 Children 41 New Patients ... 208 Old Patients 4,106 Patients Conveyed Total Mileage Average Mile per Patient Stretcher Cases Emergency Cases 24,197 115,043 5.23 2,206 1,049 There is no significant statistical change from 1954. INFECTIOUS DISEASES The following are comparative tables of infectious diseases: Scarlet Fever ... 1955 6 1954 11 Pneumonia 22 17 Poliomyelitis 16 — Whooping Cough 38 90 Measles 581 67 Jaundice 7 7 Food Poisoning 21 1 Totals 691 193