[Report 1960] / Medical Officer of Health, Chichester City.

  • Chichester (England). City Council.
Date:
1960
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Credit: [Report 1960] / Medical Officer of Health, Chichester City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    (c) School Clinics In addition to a Minor Ailments Clinic, held weekly at the Health Centre, the following special clinics are in operation:- Aural, Child Guidance, Eye, Orthopaedic and Speech Therapy. (d) Home Help Service The W.V.S. has undertaken the organisation of the Home Help Service and arrangements for the assistance of a home help can be made through the Area Organiser in the City. (e) Vaccination and immunisation (i) Smallpox Vaccination is undertaken by general practitioners at their surgeries, the County Council paying a fee for the record of the vaccination. Smallpox vaccination is voluntary, and the present low level of protection in this country gives rise to some concern at a time when the disease can be quickly and easily introduced by air travellers from countries where the disease is endemic. (ii) Poliomyelitis Facilities are now available for children, young adults and expectant mothers to receive this protective inoculation, either by one of the County Medical Staff or by their own doctor. (iii) Diphtheria Immunisation against diphtheria is carried out either at the Health Centre or by the family doctor. (iv) Tuberculosis B.C.G. vaccination of school children aged 13 and over, on a general basis, was commenced towards the end of 1956. 6. Other Facilities:- (a) Family Planning A Family Planning Clinic is now held at the Health Centre on the 1st and 3rd Fridays in each month, from 7.00 - 8.00 p.m. (b) Venereal Disease A clinic is held on Wednesday evenings at St. Richard's Hospital, Chichester. Additional diagnostic and treatment facilities are available at St. Mary's Hospital, Portsmouth, and at Worthing Hospital. (c) Nursing Homes Tliere are 2 Nursing Homes in the City registered by the West Sussex County Council under Section 187, Public Health Act, 1936. The accommodation available is for 8 medical or chronic sick patients at the first, and for 9 chronic medical patients at the second.