[Report 1920] / Medical Officer of Health, Ashton-under-Lyne Borough.

  • Ashton-under-Lyne (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1920
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Credit: [Report 1920] / Medical Officer of Health, Ashton-under-Lyne Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    At tlie connnencenieiit of the year 133 patients were antler observation or treatmetit at the Clinic. During the j'ear there were 329 new cases admitted, G6 patients ceased to attend before completion of a course of treatment, and 11.0 after completing a course of treatment, but before final tests for cure were taken. Tliere were 11 patients discharged cured, leaving a total under treatment at the end of the year of 240. The total attendance at the Clinic were 3672, and 2065 in- jections of Salvarsan or its substitutes were given. There were 820 pathological examinations made for Wassermann reaction and the detection of Spirochaetag and Gonococci. The average weekly attendance is now about 100. The hours of attendance are :— Monday ... Females, 5-30 p.m. to 7-0 p.m. Wednesday, New case, 3-0 p.m. to 4-0 p.m. Thursday... iilales, 5-30 p.m. to 7-30 p m. Scarlet Fever;- Cases Notified. Deaths. Death Rate. Removed to Hospital 166 3 0-006 72 Diphtheria : - Cases Notified. : Deaths. Death Rate. Removed to Hospital 2 5 ' o 0-006 0 .Antitoxin is supplied free of cost to necessitous cases. This antitoxin is kept at the Central Police Station. The amount so supplied was 68,000 units. Enteric Fever: Cases Notified. Deaths. ' Death Rate. Removed to Hospital 10 4 0-008 1