[Report 1957] / Medical Officer of Health, Leek U.D.C.

  • Leek (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1957
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Credit: [Report 1957] / Medical Officer of Health, Leek U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ill till' lioiiic diiriii” I III' iiiciipiieity of a wife or inother, niul llioy (Id iidl iiiKlortakc any diil ics of a niirsiny' (diaracder. 'I'lic ('dimly ('duiudi is n's[)dnsil)li‘ for oilier specdal licaltli ser\'ices - j\l al eriiily and ('liild W'ldfare and llie Sidiool Medical Service, d’liere are lliree Ileallli Ndsilors availalile lor .Aide- Nalal work and lor the sn])ervisidn of nnrsinc inotliers and (diddreii. I'lider 1 lie direclioii of llie Chest I’liysiidan, all have diilies (d’ \ isilinc the t nhereiiloiis. I. HospitalSi 'I’he I'dlldw ill,”- hospitals are availalile for various forms of irealnient; cdieral, aeiile and idironie, sanatoria, mental and infections disease's I’nadcnall llosjiital; Memorial Ilosjdtal, l,eed<; Xorih Staffordshire lloyal liilirinary; flaywiMul Hospital; ()rt liopaedic llos])ilal, llartshill; Loiicton ('ot t ace 1 lospilal ; City (ieiieral llosjiital, Slok'e-iin-'rrent ; Moorlands Hospital, I^eek ; Chcadle Hospital; ^\'est(diffe Hospital, Chell ; (Iroimdslow Sanatoriiim and Cheshire Joint Sanatorinni, Loccerheads, nr. .Market Hrayton; St. Edward’s Hosjiital, Leidv ; Pdddnljih (Iraiice Oil hojiaedie Hospital; l.iinewood Hospital, Newcastle and Stan¬ field Hospital, Ifnrslem (both for ehronie. sick). All are ad¬ ministered liy the 1 firniincham llecional Hosjiital Board throiich the Ideal Area Management Comniittees. Oeographieal hospital honndaries have thus been greatly widened by the Begional arrangements under the Act, and as far as this district is con¬ cerned, have made the jirobleni of finding hospital accoinniodation for the acutely sick a little less ditticnlt than in many parts of the country. The problem of the disposal of the chronic sick has increased. iXfaternity cases, in an emergency, are received at the City (ieneral Hospital, Stoke-on-Trent. Bart of the maternity wing of the Haywood Hospital is now available for normal cases with¬ out (diarge and part is still on a. fee-paying basis (private beds). Ti. Mortuary. The Conneirs niortnary is situated in Condlyffe Toad. I’lssential ennipmeiit is jirovided by the local authority and a mortuary attendant is available when reipiired. The mortuary was used for .‘ki persons during Bt.'i?, and '.) post inortems were iierformed. SECTION C. 'file prevalence of infectious disease during the year showed a marked deidiiie over the previous year -the total uiunber of coih (irnied not ilieat ions was M7 compared to JHt) in Itf.-itV The was due to the fall in the oceiirreiice ot eases ot measles troin •■o.i ill I'.trji to 21 ill B.fi7. A table showing the iiotiheatious of in¬ fect inns diseases during the year Biri7 appears in the repnirt. ;u-e ample hosjiital facilities at Bucdsiiall Isolation Hospital within the area of the Stoke-on-Trent TTosjiital Manage¬ ment Committee, for I he reeeid ion of all tyjies ot iideetioiis disease, .\dinission is usually arranged by tbe local medical
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