[Report 1941] / Medical Officer of Health, Eastbourne County Borough.

  • Eastbourne (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1941
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Credit: [Report 1941] / Medical Officer of Health, Eastbourne County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Pulmonary. Non Pulmonary. Adults. Children. Adults. Children. Total. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. P. On 1st January 1941. 57. 38. 1 2 3 ' 6 107. on 31st December 1941. 69. 37. 2-1 5 6 8 128. * 'Dispensary Cases attending during 1941. Adults. Children. Cases. Attendances. Cases • Attendances Pulmonary. 65 250 1 8 Non Pulmonary. 5 11 7 18 Contacts.' ' ' ' 2 20 4 22 Observation.' ■ 37 51 109. 332. 12 48. Institution Treatment • T.B .Section. Borough Other — Sanatorium. Institutions. Total. M. F. C. M. F. C. In Hospital, 1st January. - 4 5 . 3 12 Admitted during the year. 18 6 11 ' 6 41 Discharged. 9 7 ;5 4 ■ 25 Died. 1 2 3 In Hospital, 31st December. 9 2 9 5 25 Extra Nourishment 4 Four thousand three hundred and sixty pints of milk were supplied free to 21 females, and seven thousand four hundred and forty eight pints to 40 males. Home Treatment Allowances. Financial assistance was afforded in two cases by means of Weekly home treatment allowances.. VENEREAL DISEASES. The total attendances at the Clinic were 529, a decrease on the previous years figures of 74. The following are details of the cases treated. i Males. Females. Total. •1 ’it f Old ; New r: Old 1 New ! • 1 Cases. Cases. Cases. Cases.' Males. r~ Females Grand Total. Syphilis. j 26 (25) 1 (11) 17 (25) Gonorrhoea. | 48 (16) | 2 (15) 1(3) ■Soft Chancre. - ( 1) } - ( -) - ( -) Other conditions. j - ( -) j 21 (.13) - ( -) 1 ( 1) i ( -)! - (. 16 (20) 27 (36) 50 (31) - ( 1) 21 (13) 18 (26) 2 ( 3) - ( -) 16 (20); 45 ( 62) 52 ( 34) - ( 1) 37 ( 33) Total. i 74 (42) 1 24 (39) J18 (28) 18 (21): Li 98 (81) 36 (49) 134 (130 ). ■ Pathological Work. Five hundred and fifty nine (437) specimens in connection with venereal disease wore examined at the Princess Alice Memorial Hospital Laboratory by Dr A.G.Shera, who is also Medical Officer of the Venereal Diseases Clinic.