[Report 1913] / Medical Officer of Health, Stockbridge (Union) R.D.C.
- Stockbridge (England). Rural District Council.
- Date:
- 1913
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1913] / Medical Officer of Health, Stockbridge (Union) R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![were very mild in character. All possible precautions to prevent spreading were taken, and, foitnnate]y, with suc- cessfid residts, as there was no further outbreak. The three cases of Erysipelas were also notified from the Broughton District. I visited each one, and found them to be facial, and due to local causes. The Puerperal Fever case occurred in February, at Broughton. A w^oman w-as confined of twins when quite alone. She was subsequently visited by the District Nurse, but the confinement must have been incomplete, some placental fragments having been left behind, and septicoemia resulted. Stringent measures w^ere taken to prevent spreading, and no further cases occurred. Pulinonary Tuberculosis. The case of Knight w’as referred to in my last Deport, and my statement then was that Knight had been accommo¬ dated in a large room in the Infectious Disease Hospital attached to the Union Workhouse, and situated in a healthy position high up in the Workhouse garden. Soon after his admission, I asked the County Medical Olficer to visit the place, which he did, and, acting under his advice and direction, the iVuthorities have converted a large ward in the Hospital (which, by the bye, has not been put to its original use for many years) into a well-lighted, well-venti¬ lated Sanatorium for Phthisical patients. It has every convenience, and is supplied from the House itself. The two patients who have been in it during the yeai have put on I4^1bs. and S-^lbs. in weight respectively. The Sanatorium in question has one great advantage, viz., that the patients can be kept there indefinitely, and are not compelled to leave after a stay of three or four months (probably just as they are beginning to find the 'benefit of treatment), as is almost univ^ersally the case in most Sanatoria. Of course, I know this proceeding is inevit-](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30137032_0006.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
