Britain's Health Services
1942-10 1942 1940s 40 pages iii. Hospital In-Patients. — If on examination a patient in the Out-Patient Department is found to require investigation and/or treatment that can only be given in hospital he is "admitted" or (if there is an insufficiency of beds) "pu...
| Institution: | MCR - The Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick |
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| Language: | English English |
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London : Communist Party of Great Britain
October 1942
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| Summary: | 1942-10
1942
1940s
40 pages
iii. Hospital In-Patients. — If on examination a patient in the Out-Patient Department is found to require investigation and/or treatment that can only be given in hospital he is "admitted" or (if there is an insufficiency of beds) "put on the waiting list." Hospital wards are divided between medical and surgical patients and there are often separate wards for the specialities — eyes ; ear, nose and throat (E.N.T.) ; gynaecology; and so on. In addition to "routine admissions" from O.P.D., there is, of course, a regular influx of "casualties" — industrial, street and other accidents, and also "doctors' emergencies," e.g. perforated gastric ulcers, acute appendices, etc. iv. School Medical Service. — This is principally a preventive service Children receive regular medical inspection at school and are referred elsewhere for treatment. v. Factory (Industrial) — In the House of Commons on 21.10.41 attention was drawn to the very unsatisfactory manner in which this highly important aspect of the Health Services is regarded. There is only a very small number of health workers directly employed in the titanic task of trying to keep the nation "producing fit." 3. SERVICES The vast majority of health workers are concentrated in hospitals and institutions. The following table summarises the chief facts in regard to Hospitals:— Hospital. No. No. of beds. Type (a). Cases treated (b). General: Voluntary 699 63,000 Voluntary Acute, medical and surgical. Municipal 111 67,000 Local Authority Acute and chronic, medical and surgical. Special: Voluntary 211 16,600 Voluntary Acute specialities (not fevers) (c). Municipal 1,218 60,000 Local Authority Acute and chronic specialities (inc. fevers and T.B. San.). Mental 161 150,000 Local Authority and Asylums Board Mental. Poor Law 466 60,000 Local Authority Chronic and infirm. Sundry: Private Nursing Homes — Not known Commercial Principally acute and chronic, general medical and surgical. Convalescent homes — " Voluntary and Commercial Recovery and convalescence. 2,866 416,600(d) 30
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