[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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    :)c(‘()ii»in()(lai ion foi* nni'.sos. The TTospiial consists of a (lisclia 1 wal’d coni a i n i n^’ rooms wliicli inter- com in ii n ica I (', and Iwo pavilions, one will) iwo wards caidi conlainin^' In-o laals, and lln* oilier with Iwo Avards conlainino' fom- and six beds resiiectively. There are also Iwo ])rivatei Avaids ea(di containing' one lied. The lolal ai'commodation is sixteen lieds. The onthnildino’s conlain a lanndiy, a steam disinfector, and a motor aml)iilance. The di’aina^e is lo a small septic tank, the final elfiueni ])ein»‘ discharged on lo Ihe land. The water supply is lain water, which is stored in an underground l)ig’-cai)acity lank and pumjied to a supply cistern on the roof of Ihe administralive hlocdc, and flows thence to the various hhxdvs. Tjighling js by gas from the Local (las (h)m})any. ])ui‘ing 1925 Ihirteen patients Avere admitted. The remaining five of the tAventy-three constituent Sanitary .\ulhorities haA'e made arrangements for the triaitment of their cases of infectious diseases as follows: Iledon M.L. | treated at Hull City ins unu ]). V Hospitals. Sculcoates ILJ). } Beverley M.tl. (tases treated at Driffield Isolation Hospital (three beds reseryed). Bi(‘call H.D Cases treated at the Selby Joint Isolation Hospital. During Ihe yeai*, eight patients Avere sent to Hospital from Scuilcoates ILD., fiye from BeA^erley M.B., and one from l{ic(‘all ILD. SrVIALL POX HOSPITALS. The two vSinall Pox Hospitals are the County Hospital and the BeA^erley Borough Hospital. The County Hospital serA^es an area of 691,458 acres Avilh a ])opulation of 188,144, and includes eighteen of the tAventy-three Sanitary Authorities in the Hiding. The Hos])ital, Avliich has recently been considerably enlarged, is situated near the yillage of Shipton in the Hural District of Pocklington. It consists of tAvo l)ayilions brick built) Avith tAVo Avards in each, Tiiaking the total accommodation tAventy beds,