[Report 1946] / Medical Officer of Health, Moray & Nairn.

  • Moray & Nairn (Scotland). Council.
Date:
1946
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Credit: [Report 1946] / Medical Officer of Health, Moray & Nairn. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ( The scheme provides for the prompt investigation of cases .otified, their full treatment, and the after-care of th._ se who :an readily attend the dispensaries. I have never f • und it nssible t undertake domiciliary visiting on the same scale, nor io fell;w up and examine c ntactj adequately. The rc-h using of tuberculous pers ns #is still a serious problem. The suggestion in my last Report* that the Joint County Council sh, uld approach the nine Housing Authorities to formulate an agreed policy has not so f? r borne fruit. I therefore repeat it herd. 1 Under the Combined Scheme for the North Eastern G unties of Scotland, the following cases have been dealt with:- New Civilian Cases. Syphilis Chan- era id Conorrhoeg Other Venareal c nditiens T otal Vener- eal N on Vener- eal oquired 1 Congen- ital Total Gen- ital Ophthal- mia Total 19 19 1 18 18 14 52 9 Particulars f In-potients, and of Out-patient Attendances. No* of In-patients Days in Hospital Out-patient Attendances 32 3k9 228 Drugs supplier ti D<:ctirs and Institutj ns. Doses supplied Ni . of D ct rs supplied IP . f Institutj ns s up p 1 le u 814 15 “1 Lab:.rat cry Findings . Syphilis Gonorrhoea' Smears Total rassermann LaughIon f.S.P*i SPirochaetes + - + — + - J •+ — + — 53 .3,45 66 1 13. ! 5 . 5 50 1 87 1,057 , Treatment by L0ca1 Pr a ctiti ner s. The scheme for the treatment of venereal disease by 1 cal practiti ners in Elgin continues to give satisfactory results. In 1946, 37 cases attended on 321 occasi ns. Regulation During 1948 two first n tioes c ncorning two individuals were received. B'th were dealt with unofficially. DIABETES. During 1946, insulin was issued t 13 diabetic patients. CANCER AND HALION ANT DISEASE. No scheme, interim or otherwise, has yet been made under the Cancer Act, 1939* Discussions are still proceeding with a view t making a c -jrdinated scheme to cover the north and n .rth-east of Scotland. MENTAL/