[Report 1945] / Medical Officer of Health, Royal Tunbridge Wells Borough.

  • Tunbridge Wells Borough Council
Date:
1945
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Credit: [Report 1945] / Medical Officer of Health, Royal Tunbridge Wells Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    4 (c)—Smallpox Hospital. The Conjoint Smallpox Hospital catering for the south¬ west portion of Kent, is situated at Capel : it accommodates 18 adult patients. There were no admissions during 1945. This hospital is leased temporarily to the Kent County Council, who will provide staff from Pembury Hospital should occasion to treat smallpox cases arise. 4 (d)—Tunbridge Wells and District Maternity Home. This Home is a large, well-built house, which is admirably adapted to its purpose. There are labour rooms on the first and ground floors, and accommodation for some 22 patients. It is run by a voluntary Committee, of which the Medical Officer of Health is a member. Its patients come from a wide area around the town, and it was not possible to accommodate all applicants during 1945. Three hundred and forty-two cases were admitted during the year, of which 143 were Borough residents. The Council make a grant of £50 each year to the Maternity Home, and in necessitous cases they grant assistance with the fees. During 1945 eight cases were assisted, the total sum expended being £19 19s. Od. 4 (e)—Nursing Homes. Number of Homes. Number of beds provided for : Maternity. Others. Total. (a) Homes first registered during the year (b) Homes on the register 1 8 8| 130 at the end of the year 17 (including («) ) 8 122 J
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