[Report 1960] / Medical Officer of Health, Blackpool County Borough.

  • Blackpool (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1960
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Credit: [Report 1960] / Medical Officer of Health, Blackpool County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    1960 was 20. This includes 1 person who had not previously been notified as suffering from the disease. Chest Clinic. This Clinic, administered by the Blackpool and Fylde Hospital Management Committee, is held at the Municipal Health Centre at the following times :— Monday 9.30 Tuesday 2.00 Wednesday 9.30 Thursday 9.30 2.00 Friday 9.30 2.00 a.m.—12.30 p.m. p.m.—5.00 p.m. a.m.—11.30 p.m. a.m.—11.30 a.m. p.m.—5.00 p.m. a.m.—12.30 p.m. .pm.—5.00 p.m. 1 New and >old patients. Review of patients. New and old patients. New and old patients. Old patients only and B.C.G. Vaccina- tion. Cases referred by General Practitioners for X-ray only are seen during any of the above sessions. Dr. L. Capper, Consultant Chest Physician, has kindly contributed the following report on tuberculosis in the Borough : “ Notifications in the year are, if anything, a little more than they were in 1959. The increase is very small, only one or two cases, but it does show that the problem of tuberculosis still exists in the area, and that there are obviously reservoirs of infection in people who have not been X-rayed, or who refuse to consent to adequate treatment. This latter is important inasmuch as people now seem to refuse Hospital treatment much more often than they did, and of course adequate segregation becomes very difficult, as, in fact, does Hospital treatment. “ Not infrequently, of course, patients are lax in the self administration of the necessary drugs and this leads to the danger of emergence of resistant organisms. “ Finally, it is interesting to see in the figures for 1960 that the proportion of women notified is considerably greater than it was in 1959.” VENEREAL DISEASES The Venereal Diseases Clinic is located at the rear of the Municipal Health Centre. This Clinic is under the control of the Blackpool and Fylde Hospital Manage- ment Committee, who have kindly furnished the following information :— Clinic Sessions : Males : Females : Wednesday Monday and Thursday Saturday Thursday and Friday Tuesday 10.00 a.m. to 12 noon. 4.45 p.m. to 6.30 p.m. 9.30 a.m. to 11.00 a.m. 10.00 a.m. to 12 noon. 4.45 p.m. to 6.30 p.m. To bring the clinic facilities to the notice of the public, small notices are placed in all Public Lavatories, Railway Stations and the larger licensed premises in the Borough, stating the location of the clinic and hours of attendance. Dr. J. F. Mackay, the Consultant Venereologist, has kindly contributed the following comments on Venereology :— “ The incidence of early Syphilis remains at a very low figure and no cases of congenital S^vphilis in newborn babies have been seen. Gonorrhoea (new cases) actually show a reduction from the previous year in spite of the national increase incidence. “ We are not seeing any tremendous increase of Gonorrhoea in teenagers yet. “ A good liaison is being maintained with ante-natal departments and I think we are being of some service in the treatment of non-venereal vaginal discharges during pregnancy.” 22