[Report 1922] / Medical Officer of Health, Accrington Borough.

  • Accrington (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1922
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Credit: [Report 1922] / Medical Officer of Health, Accrington Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Hospital Accommodation provided or available :— For Smallpox. Corrugated iron building situate at Baxenden. For other Infectious Diseases. Cases removed to Bury and District Joint Hospital. Joint or otherwise (by arrangement). Retaining and nursing fees paid. No. of Beds available for your District : for Smallpox, 24. For other Infectious Diseases, Nil. Is there any Hospital Accommodation in the district for :— (a) Maternity Cases ? No, but abnormal cases of labour are treated at the Victoria Hospital. (b) Children ? In the Children's Ward, Victoria Hospital. (c) Tuberculosis ? No. Give postal address of Union Infirmary or other Public Institution in District. Moorland House, Higher Pike Law, Rawtenstall. Disinfection :— No. of Houses disinfected ? 145. Method (state disinfectant used) ? Formalin spray and fumigation. Are Houses disinfected after (a) Phthisis ? Yes. (b) Measles ? No. * Apparatus used for Clothing, Bedding, etc., (steam or otherwise) ? Goddard Massey, steam. No. of Articles disinfected? 1,252. Where is Apparatus situated ? Hyndburn Road Depot, in Borough. *If Apparatus at Hospital is available, is it used for the disinfection of Clothing, Bedding, etc., of Patients not removed to the Hospital ? No apparatus. If not, please state how disinfection of Clothing, etc., in these cases is carried out ? By treatment at the depot. Ambulance facilities :— (a) For Infectious Cases ? Motor Ambulance to and from Bury Hospital. (b) For Non-infectious and Accident Cases ? Corporation owned Motor Ambulance. LABORATORY WORK. Bacteriological Examinations. No. of Specimens examined :— Blood, Nil. ; Sputum, 233 (by County C. Dispensary) ; Milk, Nil. ; Throat Swabs, 10 ; Swabs for Ophthalmia Neonatorum, 3 ; Others, 1. Diphtheria Anti-toxin Order, 1910. Is a supply of Anti-toxin kept within the district ? Yes. If so, where ? Police Station. Amount used during 1922, 78,000 units. Other Sera Vaccines used ? Nil. SANITARY ADMINISTRATION. Tabular Summary of the work of the Sanitary Department :— Source of Water Supply—Dean Clough, Mitchell’s and Burnley Road Reservoirs, and a copious supply of deep well water from Altham. What is its condition ? Good, but deep well water is very hard.
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