[Report 1924] / Medical Officer of Health, Jersey.

  • Jersey (Channel Islands). Council.
Date:
1924
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Credit: [Report 1924] / Medical Officer of Health, Jersey. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Bleep available for the child, there is little doubt that sufficient rest is not available. It is regrettable that one-third of the population should be handicapped at such an early age, and the only way in which this can be remedied is by the details of defects found in the course of Medical inspection and the treatment received being incor¬ porated in the School Medical Officer’s reports. Adult Life. At the Isolation Hospital sanction was obtained for the purchase of an up-to-date hut for the treat¬ ment of female consumptives. Tubercle of lung, owing to the absence of Bovine Tubercle, assumes a more acute form. The age incidence in females is earlier than in males, and therefore the available space has been allotted to female patients. This accommodation was ready for patients at the end of the year and with the New Year it is hoped that the benefits obtainable will be fully appreciated. That this step has been made possible is due to the diminution in the number of ordinary Infectious Diseases, and the need for an up-to-date Isolation Hospital which was felt in 1909 still exists to-day. Another year has passed without the introduction of Small-Pox. Last year the want of a vaccination law was referred to, and if a law for complete protection cannot be obtained, it would be better to be content with partial protection and have a compulsory primary vaccination of infants. It appears necessary to point out that in modern Vaccination Calf lymph only is used, and that no lymph is issued until a post-mortem of the killed calf has proved that the animal was free from disease. €