A Socialised Medical Service
1933 1933 1930s 21 pages There will also be required one or more large hospitals for infectious disease in each county. It is a great mistake to provide one of these hospitals in every urban district, as treatment is better carried out by doctors with special experience. The centralisation of hospit...
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| Language: | English English |
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London : The Socialist Medical Association
1933
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1933
1930s
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There will also be required one or more large hospitals for infectious disease in each county. It is a great mistake to provide one of these hospitals in every urban district, as treatment is better carried out by doctors with special experience. The centralisation of hospital treatment both for infectious and general diseases which has been recommended will undoubtedly result in some hardship to the friends of patients who will be removed to hospitals far from their homes. The resulting advantages from increased facilities for treatment will, however, more than compensate for this. The Sanatoria for Tuberculosis, both pulmonary and surgical, will also be administered by the Committee. (d) Maternity Some reduction of maternal mortality is to be expected as a result of an improved standard of life and better housing conditions. Of equal importance are careful and repeated prenatal examinations by doctors with special experience. By this means at least half the conditions which are the cause of maternal mortality can be recognised and dealt with. An attempt should be made to persuade every mother to have her baby in a maternity hospital. Experience shows that these hospitals are most successful when they contain not more than 100 beds and have ample isolation accommodation. A capable medical officer must be available in the hospitals at all times, both day and night. An ambulance service should bring the patient to hospital and carry everything necessary in case of a precipitate delivery. For those apparently normal pregnant women who insist on having their babies at home, the services of a midwife will be provided, and she will send for an obstetrician when required. (e) Child Life If the best results are to be obtained nationally there must be continuous medical supervision for each citizen from conception to the grave, and a careful and continuous record kept of all events of importance medically. Every Health Centre will have its Child Welfare Department under the charge of a doctor, especially skilled in the recognition of the earliest symptoms of disease in infancy and childhood. Every mother will be encouraged to bring her children to this clinic at frequent intervals, whether apparently healthy or not. Where a defect is detected, it will be either dealt with in the clinic, referred to the Home Doctor, or sent on to a specialist, as is best for the child, and in any case the Home Doctor will be communicated with. A dental inspection will be carried out at the same time, and treatment when needed. The health education of the public should begin in the schools, and simple instruction in the laws of healthy living will be given 12
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