[Report 1947] / Medical Officer of Health, Basingstoke Borough.

  • Basingstoke (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1947
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Credit: [Report 1947] / Medical Officer of Health, Basingstoke Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    2. NOTIFIABLE DISEASE Notifications Deceived:- Diphtheria * „, ,, , # i Scarlet Fever. 5 Whooping Cough ..4 Measles 358 Puerperal Pyrexia 3 Ophthalmia Neonatorum , 3 Pneumon ia , „.. 1 Polio-myelitis Cerebro-spinal Meningitis -| Pulmonary Tuberculos is.... 3...... -] 8 Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis 6 The Town was again fortunate in having only a small amount of Infectious Disease, apart from the usual biennial epidemic of Measles. 3• ISOLATION HOSPITAL (a) Admissions:- S.F. Ditto. Total Borough... ....I - Basingstoke Rural District -j _ i).,,4 Kingsclere & Whitchurch R.D 1 -j 2) In addition, the under-mentioned Borough cases were admitted to other Hospitals as stated Jessies. .... Aldershot Isolation Hospital 1 Diphtheria.................. .Alton Isolation Hospital 2 Scarlet Fever.... u ,f »» 1 Polio-myelitis............. .Alton (Treloar’s Hospital) 1 Oerebro-spinal Meningitis• • .Park Prewett Hospital,, B'stoke. 1 Puerperal Pyrexia Winchester ( St.Pauls Hill) 1 Ophthalmia Neonatorum Southampton Free Eye Hospital. (b) General At the time of writing the Hospital has passed out of the control of the Town Council and into the South-West Metropolitan Region. Its future use is rather uncertain in view of the present day tendency towards larger hospital units. During the years that I have known it, since 1940 as your Medical Officer, and since 1925 as Medical Officer of the Rural District, the hospital has met the needs of the area it served, until the staffing difficulties became so acute unng the last 2 years as practically to put it out of action. -2-