[Report 1937] / Medical Officer of Health, Worksop Borough.

  • Worksop (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1937
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Credit: [Report 1937] / Medical Officer of Health, Worksop Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES IN THE AREA. These remain as recorded in detail in my Report 1934, with the following additions:- Ante-Natal Clinic• Owing to limited accommodation and an increasing number of Mothers attending the Clinic, it was decided in November, 1937? to hold weekly sessions instead of fortnightly., A Consultant Clinic is now held monthly. Victoria Hospital. During the year another Consulting Surgeon was appointed to the staff to organise a Fracture Clinic, to serve the town and the outlying districts in the contributory scheme of the Hospital® In the current year it is hoped that additional beds, in a separ¬ ate building, will be provided for the work. At present, the surgeon, Mr. F.W.Holdsworth, F.R.C.S., of Sheffield, attends one day weekly or at special times if required. He is assisted in the work by the Senior House Surgeon who has had special training, and by the Honorary members of the Surgical Staff• SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA WATER The Council's well at Sunnyside continues to give an ample supply, for all requirements, in the area of piped supply. The average monthly supply within the Borough was 20,073?300 gallons, an increase of nearly a million gallons, on the previous year. An increased amount was also delivered to the Worksop Rural District in the year. The avacage monthly