[Report 1944] / Medical Officer of Health, Durham County Palatine / County Council.

  • Durham (England : County). Council.
Date:
1944
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Credit: [Report 1944] / Medical Officer of Health, Durham County Palatine / County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Tuberculosis. 1st visits 1,414 Re-visits 16,848 Total 18,262 School work. School children (home visits) .... 35,698 Visits to schools ... 1,597 Total 37,295 Mental Deficiency. Total number of visits paid to mentally defective persons 5,929 Summary. Total number of actual visits .. .... 242,590 Unclassified visits .... .. .... 10,508 Ineffective visits .... ..... 26,400 Proportion of Work in Percentages :— M. and Tuber- Mental School C.W. culosis. Deficiency. Work. 73.5 7.9 2.5 16.1 Cases Reported to District Medical Officers of Health :— Overcrowding . ..... 29 Sanitary defects ... . 208 Total .. 237 In the aggregate health visitors spent 8,098 days at welfare centres, 1,530 days at tuberculosis dispensaries, and 597 days at school clinics ; while 1,540 days were spent in inspections relating to school children, and 33 days in conducting children to special schools. 202 days were also spent purchasing clothing provided by the “Save the Children Fund.” NURSING HOMES. During the year no application was made to the County Council under section 194 of the Public Health Act, 1936, for the delegation of their powers to a district council. Eleven general and cottage hospitals were re-inspected during the year and granted exemption for a further period of one year. The maternity and nursing homes were periodically inspected.