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able success so that when the sanatorium vacancy arrived
active therapy could be started at once.
The length of the waiting list is almost entirely due to
the shortage of nursing and domestic staff. All the year,
not only were beds empty but whole wards were closed on that
account. It is difficult to foresee how this problem will
ever be met and it may well be that more and more treatment will
have to be undertaken in the patients' homes. The paradox
will be observed, however, of declining facilities for
treatment accompanied by a declining death rate.
The Government allowances supplemented by the grants of
the County Council have proved very useful and one wonders
what our patients used to do before this assistance was available.
All the more anxiety is felt therefore at the prospect
of its discontinuance under the new insurance act,"
SCABIES AND VERMIN.
The disbandment of the Civil Defence Services necessitated alterations
in the scheme for the treatment of these conditions. Treatment is carried
out at the 5 permanent Health Centres and 2 full-time Clinic Attendants were
appointed to undertake this amongst other duties. In addition, arrangements
were made for the gas cleansing premises at the Isolation Hospital to be
adapted for the treatment of adult males.
It should be noted that the figures for treatment of scabies do not
reflect accurately the incidenco of the disease, as included in this figure
are the home contacts, in which prophylactic treatment is given as a routine
procedure.