[Report 1929] / Medical Officer of Health, Darlington County Borough.

  • Darlington (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1929
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Credit: [Report 1929] / Medical Officer of Health, Darlington County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Hospitals. {a) Borough Fever Hospital for Infectious Cases. 105 beds. (5) Smallpox Hospital. 50 beds. (c) Tuberculosis. No Hospital is provided by the Authority but the Durham County Council make arrangements for the admission of Borough cases to their own Sanatoria, to the General Hospital, Darlington, and Feetham Poor Law Institution where there are 15 beds and 3 shelters. {d) Maternity JVard, General Hospital, Darlington. 12 beds., (e) Children. Ward at General Hospital. 25 beds. Feetham Poor Law Institution. 40 beds. General medical and surgical cases are received in four large Private Nursing Homes, the General Hospital with 119 beds, and Feetham Poor Law Institution with 172 beds, both of the latter including beds for children. Institutional provision for unmarried mothers and illegitimate j infants and homeless children is afforded only by the Poor Law. I Guardians in their Institution and Cottage Homes. Ambulance Facilities.—Infectious cases are removed to Hospital in the Motor Ambulance belonging to the Authority t and kept at the Fever Hospital. Non-infectious and accident eases are dealt with by two Motor Ambulances kept at the Fire. I Station and driven by members of the Fire Brigade. They are ii available for calls within 15 miles of the town. I Clinics and Treatment Centres.—See under various headings. If' Day Nurseries.—The Dent Memorial Nursery Day School has j accommodation for about 60 children of the pre-school age. This j school is visited weekly by the Assistant School Medical Olfieer, . and any necessary treatment is carried out by the School Staff 5 or at the School Clinic. School Clinic.—The School Clinic at 156 Northgate has provided :> more suitable accommodation for the growing demands of the : services provided. The building is modernly ecpiijiped witli a treatment centre, consultation rooms, dental de])artment, eye department and an X-ray apparatus for the treatment of ring- worm. k