[Report 1926] / Medical Officer of Health, Barnsley County Borough.
- Barnsley (England : Unitary authority). County Borough Council.
- Date:
- 1926
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1926] / Medical Officer of Health, Barnsley County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![6 2. EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS OF THE YEAR. Births—Legitimate ... Illegitimate Deaths Total Males Females 1596 838 758 | Birth Rate 80 39 41 I 23.69 Death Rate . 809 415 394 11.43 Number of Women dying in, or in consequence of Child-birth: From Sepsis ... ... ... 3 From Other Causes ... ... 8 Deaths of infants under one year of age per 1,000 Births:— Legitimate, 82. Illegitimate, 113. Total—84 Deaths from Measles (all ages) ... ... 3 „ „ Whooping Cough (all ages) ... 8 „ „ Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 26 NURSING ARRANGEMENTS.—HOSPITALS AND INSTITUTIONS. BECKETT HOSPITAL. The chief charitable Institution in .the Borough is the Beckett Hospital. This Institution, established in 1865, has 120 beds available, and serves not only the Borough but the surrounding districts. All classes of Surgical and Medical work are dealt with. In 1926, 1,647 In-patients and 9,133 Out-patients were treated, compared with 1,633 and 9,625 for the previous year. The average number of patients resident daily throughout the year was 100.5 compared with 104 for 1925. 888 major and 823 minor o])erations were performed. The total expenditure for the year 1926 was £14,398. The total expenditure for the year 1925 was £15,210. The resident Medical Staff has been increased from two to three by the appointment of a House Physician. In the X-Ray Department 3,029 patients were X-Rayed. 4,492 photographs were taken and 580 patients were screened, and 52 fractures were reduced. Cases of Ringworm of the Scalp are not treated by X-Rays. i](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28903365_0009.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
