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Orsett 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Orsett]
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Dental Treatment for Expectant and Nursing Mothers.
Applications for treatment under the Council's scheme were received, the cost being allocated as follows :
| (1) Total cost of treatment | £14 | 19 | 6 |
| (2) Borne by the Council | 8 | 9 | 0 |
| (3) Borne by the patients | 6 | 10 | 6 |
(v.) ORTHOPAEDIC TREATMENT.
The Orthopaedic Scheme is carried out in conjunction
with the Urban District Councils of Grays and
Tilbury and the Essex County Council. The Orthopaedic
Surgeon appointed, Mr. .B. Whitchurch Howell,
E.R.C.S., visits the district at frequent intervals. Aftercare
is carried out by an Orthopaedic Masseuse three
times weekly, at a specially equipped Clinic in Grays.
I think the time has now arrived when the Local
Authority can congratulate itself that no Orthopaedic
cases, however slight, escape detection and treatment.
The general medical practitioners in the district have
co-operated with me in this matter and requests for an
opinion from the Orthopaedic Surgeon are frequent. In
every case the Local Authority have adopted the advice
given by their Orthopaedic Surgeon.
Massage, after-care, remedial exercises, &c., are
provided at the After-care Clinic and cases requiring
hospital treatment are sent by the Local Authority to
the Queen's Hospital, Hackney Road, London, E.2, the
Cheyne Hospital, Chelsea, or to Brookfield Hospital,
Walthamstow.
Orthopaedic Ascertainment Clinic.
| County | Gravs u.d. | Tilbury u.d. | Orsett r.d. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. on Register at 1/1/33 | 238 | 18 | 62 | 17 | 335 |
| „ 31/12/33 | 269 | 29 | 74 | 17 | 389 |
| No. Discharged as cured | 27 | 14 | 18 | 5 | 64 |
| „ of New Gases reported | 58 | 25 | 30 | 5 | 118 |
| „ of Cases treated in Hospital | 12 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 18 |