[Report 1957] / Medical Officer of Health, Jersey.

  • Jersey (Channel Islands). Council.
Date:
1957
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    several of these persons to meet twice a week in the Out Patient Department, and the experiment, run on the lines of the Day Hospitals of the Psychiatric Units in England, is proving a success. The formation of Day Hospitals is rapidly gaining favour in England and it is thought that this is an idea worth developing as, not only is valuable bed space saved, but a lot of unnecessary suffering is avoided. All that is lacking to implement fully this idea is a suitable room. Statistics on the work of the Department for the past three years are as follows :— Attendances 1957 ‘956 x955 Adult Clinic Old patients. 2,237 1-693 M5° New patients. 249 2,486 220 1,913 220 1,670 Child Guidance Clinic Old patients. 411 390 265 New patients. 57 468 49 439 34 299 General cases—mainly geriatric . 108 106 81 Eye Department. Dr. G. D. Harthan reports that the attendance figures for 1957 are approximately the same as for 1956, but that there has been a marked increase in the operations performed both in major and minor surgery. The Orthoptic Section continues to work to capacity, with an increasing number of adults receiving treatment for defective muscle balance. Statistics on the work of the Clinic are as follows:—