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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Finsbury 1944
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finsbury Borough]
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SECTION "B" - GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES
TREATMENT CENTRES AND CLINICS.
The attendances at the various Treatment Centres and Clinics have
shown a steady expansion since their inception and there were record
attendances in the Dental and Foot Clinics.
ATTENDANCES &C. AT TREATMENT CENTRES AND CLINICS
| CLINIC | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No.of sessions. | No.ofnewcases | TotalNo.Atts. | NO.Of sessions | No.ofnewcases | Total No. Atts. | No.of sessions. | No.ofnew cases | Total No. Atts. | No.of sessions. | No.of new cases | TotalNo.Atts. | |
| FOOT CLINIC | 510 | 470 | 2343 | 833 | 655 | 4600 | 1195 | 849 | 6638 | 11358 | 800 | 8037 |
| DENTAL CLINIC | 187 | 694 | 2943 | 312 | 907 | 3858 | 327 | 986 | 4291 | 357 | 979 | 4413 |
| SOLARIUM | 415 | 453 | 7267 | 473 | 772 | 13154 | 499 | 693 | 14567 | 415 | 529 | 10032 |
| WOMEN'S CLINIC | 19 | 62 | 203 | 49 | 186 | 502 | 45 | 119 | 373 | 44 | 52 | 321 |
| TOTALS | 1131 | 1679 | 12756 | 1667 | 2520 | 22114 | 2066 | 2647 | 25869 | 2174 | 2360 | 22803 |
An additional part-time Dental Surgeon was appointed during the years and
the full-time personnel in the foot clinic was increased to three, apart from
part-time assistants, who were appointed from time to time as the need arose.
As from 1st July, 1944, the Council decided to restrict the treatments
available at the above clinics to inhabitants of the Borough only. Facilities
for treatment had previously been afforded to non-resident workers in the area
in addition to residents. This decision was taken at a time when the
attendances of residents were increasing, with the result that there was no
appreciable reduction in the work of the clinics.
LABORATORY;
Routine examinations of swabs, sputum, milks, &c., have continued to be
carried out at the Laboratory in the Health Centre and the following is a
brief summary of the work undertaken -
No.of throat and nasal swabs examined 370
No.of sputums examined for T.B 173
Milk samples 128
The Council continued the arrangement whereby special examinations are
undertaken at the Archway Group Laboratories by the L.C.C.Group Pathologist,
Doctor J.M.Alston.