Annual report of the Department of Public Health, Province of Alberta.

  • Alberta. Department of Public Health.
Date:
[1940]
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Credit: Annual report of the Department of Public Health, Province of Alberta. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    At the various diagnostic clinics 4,312 examinations were made during the year as compared with 4,886 such examinations during the previous year. As a result of the activities carried on by the Tuberculosis Division, 591 new cases of Tuberculosis were discovered. Non- infectious cases of Tuberculosis are not admitted under the scheme by which free treatment is provided for all bona fide residents of the Province. As soon as funds can be made available, the addi¬ tional beds required for the treatment of non-infectious types of Tuberculosis should be provided, as many of these patients require the highly specialized type of treatment available in our Sanatoria. Various surveys of schools, Indian schools and mental hospitals were made by the staff of this Division during the year. All to¬ gether, 10,222 medical examinations were made in 1940 by the medical staff of this Division. We now have 13 Tuberculosis clinic centres in the Province, and our travelling diagnostician visited 54 other centres in 1940. At the request of the Indian Affairs Branch of the Federal Government, 1,268 children attending Indian schools were examined by our staff during the year. This service is paid for by the Federal Government. In addition, surveys of the Normal Schools, the Provincial Institute of Technology, high schools of Medicine Hat and the high schools located in the Red Deer and High River Health Units were made during the year, 2,324 students being examined. In the survey of the mental hospitals, 2,052 examinations of patients and members of the staff were made. In general, the activities in connection with Tuberculosis pre¬ vention and control were conducted along the same lines as in previous years. A considerable amount of interest has been aroused in regard to the problem of rehabilitation of Tuber¬ culosis patients, and the Provincial Tuberculosis Association is endeavouring to work out a programme which will contribute to the solution of this problem. Detailed information concerning the various activities of the Division of Tuberculosis Control will be found in the report of the Division. Mental Health Division. MOVEMENT OF PATIENTS—MENTAL INSTITUTIONS, 1940 On Books, Jan.1 1940 Admissions, 1940 Discharges, 1940 Deaths, 1940 On Books, Dec. 31, 1940 Psychotic Mental Defectives Psychotic Mental Defectives Psychotic Mental Defectives Psychotic Mental Defectives Psychotic Mental Defectives Oliver 691 78 56 4 24 37 2 686 80 Ponoka 1385 187 524 44 441 13 54 36 1414 182 Red Deer 215 14 10 3 216 Claresholm . 93 6 2 2 3 92 8 Raymond . 91 13 6 .... 3 1 1 93 12 Totals. 2260 499 588 64 471 23 1 92 1 42 2285 1 498