[Report 1932] / Medical Officer of Health, Barrow-in-Furness County Borough.

  • Barrow-in-Furness (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1932
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Credit: [Report 1932] / Medical Officer of Health, Barrow-in-Furness County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    NOTIFICATION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES. Arranged according to Wards. Ward. Scarlet Fever. Diph- theria. Enteric Ery- sipelas. Puerperal. Fever Pyrexia Small- pox. Pneu- monia. Other Infectious Diseases. Totals. Barrow Island 6 8 2 14 10) 31 Walney 2 1 2 6 11 Hindpool 3 1 6 1 18 29 Ramsden 3 4 5 ... 14 26 Central 4 5 1 11 ( 21 Salthouse 9 1 1 4 22 1(2) 38 Newbarns 2 3 ... 3 1 14 23 Hawcoat 2 6 ... 1 1 8 ... 18 Totals 1932 31 29 1 24 3 ... 107 2 197 . (1) Encephalitis Lethargica. (2) Cerebro-spinal Meningitis. HOSPITAL ACCOMMODATION. Infectious Diseases.—The infectious diseases hospital is situated in Devonshire Road, on the outskirts of the Borough. The accommodation available in the two pavilions and the old temporary wooden block is 37 beds (including cots), viz.:—Scarlet Fever 26, Diphtheria 11. Further accom- modation for 8 cases of Cholera, Yellow Fever, or Plague which might arrive at the Port is also provided Tuberculosis.—There is temporary accommodation for 11 cases of advanced Tuberculosis at the Devonshire Road Hospital, including three beds in Shelters which can only be used when the weather is favourable. Smallpox.—16 cases of Smallpox can be accommodated at Raikesmoor Isolation Hospital. AMBULANCE PROVISION. Infectious Diseases.—Cases of infectious disease are removed to Hospital by means of motor ambulance. The vehicle is garaged at the Hospital, and is driven by a handyman. A Nurse from the Hospital always accompanies the patient. Accidents, &c.—For general accident cases a motor ambulance is available, the same being garaged at the Borough Fire Station. In cases of illnesses requiring operation, the ambulance may be secured by ratepayers of the Borough for the removal of patients to Hospital at a charge of 2/6 per removal.