[Report 1925] / Medical Officer of Health, East Riding of Yorkshire County Council.

  • East Riding of Yorkshire (England). County Council
Date:
1925
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Credit: [Report 1925] / Medical Officer of Health, East Riding of Yorkshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    General Provision of Health Services in the Area. ISOLATION HOSPITALS. luM'o are five' Tsf)la1i()n Ilos])itals williin ilie Adiaiiiij^trafive' (V'nnity. Three of these, nainely, the (\)uiity Isolation iros])ital, tlie Ihiroiioli of llriellin^toii and lli(‘ Ilowdeii Itural District llos[)itals, ars for the t]‘('aiaieiit of iiife'ctioiis dise^ases. ddie other twf) are for ilie sol{> purpose' of Suiall IN)X isolation. ddie (V)iiuty ]re>S])ital Area iiududes the following’ Distri(*ts : —< Urhan (7). lliiral (81. Driffield. Deverlev t • Filey. Driffield. TTessle. Escrick. ITornsea. Norton. Norton. Fatrin pton. Docl'dinp-toii. Pocldinp‘ton. AAh’t hern sea. Sherhurn. Skirlaup‘h. The Ifospital, whicdi is situated within the Drhan Disli'ict of Drithetd stands well on a very pood J^ite of three a(*res just outside the town. The aeeoiuinodation ])i‘ovided is -hS l)eds (iiududinp* cots) in seven wards, d’lu' Hospital is very well eepiippe'd with lavatory and hath-rooin aea-oniinodation, and is heated throup-hout hy hot-water ]n'pes and tireprates. Tt is lipdited hy as. ddie administrative hlo(de contains eipht hedroonis for the statf, top-ether with dininp’-room, matron's room, et(‘. The outhuildinps comprise a small laundry, motor amhulance house, steam disinfector and peneral storap-e accommodation. Durinp- the year IIT cases w’ere admitted compared with 147 in 1924^, 74 in 1924, 94 in 1922, and 99 in 1921. Ao deaths oc(uirred in the ITos])ital. Cases were admitted from the followinp- disti-icts : —