[Report 1938] / Medical Officer of Health, Tynemouth County Borough.

  • Tynemouth (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1938
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Credit: [Report 1938] / Medical Officer of Health, Tynemouth County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    N ame. Situation. Purpose. ] Beds avail¬ able. Proportion of beds used by inhabitant?' of Tynemouth and inhabitants of other districts. Manage¬ ment. Medical Staff. Nursing Staff. Remarks. Tynemoutn Victoria Jubilee Infirmary rlawkey’s Lane, North Shields. General Medical & Surgical cases, Maternity cases, Children, Ear, Nose, & Throat treated. Out¬ patients massage. Hydro- Electric Therapeut¬ ic. 80 , Tynemouth 72% Wallsend 3% Whitley Bay 21% Others 4% Voluntary Committee Honorary Physicians and Surgeons* ... 8 Hon. Surgeon to Ear, Nose & Throat Department* ... 2 Hon. Radiologist* ... 1 Hon. Pathologist* ... 1 Hon. Anaesthetist* 3 Hon. Dentist* ... 1 House Surgeons ... 2 Matron ... 1 Sisters and Nurses 28 . * I Provides certain services by arrangement for the local authority; such as Ear, Nose and Throat treatment for children; treatment of complicated Maternity cases, Puerperal Fever and Pueperal Pyrexia; Ortho¬ paedic Surgery for Child¬ ren ; X-ray examination of children. Future structural & service extensions are possible, when the financial position permits. Preston Hospital Preston Road, North Shields. A “mixed” Institution, administer¬ ed under the Poor Law Act. Hospital beds avail¬ able for all general diseases. Tuber¬ culosis and certain in¬ fectious 1 diseases, ! Maternity cases, sick children, and Chron¬ ic sick. 488. Northumberland County Council, 44 % approxim¬ ately. Tynemouth Corporation, 56 % approxim¬ ately. • • Public Assistance Committee Tyne¬ mouth Corpora¬ tion. • 1 Medical Officer ... 1 Senior .Asst. M.O. 1 Junior Asst. M.O. 1 Consultant Surgeon* 1 Dental Officer* ... 1 (One part time Medical Officer shared with Health Department). (Terminated 1/7/37). i Supt. Nurse 1 Home Sister 1 Sister Tutor 1 Sisters ... 9 Staff Nurses 11 Probationer Nurses 45 Total ... 68 I The Hospital has not been appropriated under the local Government Act 1929. See Annual Reports 1930 and 1931. Moor Park Hospital ! Billy Mill, North Shields. Isolation and treat¬ ment of Scarlet ' fever. Diphtheria, Typhoid fever, and Tuber¬ culosis cases. 68 Tynemouth Countv Borough, 100% Health Committee Tyne¬ mouth Corpora tion Medical Officer of Health Asst. fj ,, »» Matron ... 1 Sisters ... 2 Nurses ... 12 The buildings which consist of old temporary buildings, erected in 1902, during a Smallpox epidemic have| been partially modernised. A new Administration Block was opened on 5th November, 1935. Balkwell, North Shields. Isolation & treatment of Small¬ pox cases. 20 Tynemouth Countv Borough, 100% Health Committee Tyne¬ mouth Corpora¬ tion. Medical Officer of Health Asst. .. ,, ,, Engaged as and when required. Mat¬ ron of Moor Park Hospital is also Matron of Balkwell Hospital. Opened, 1924. Balkwell Hospital F rater Home Hawkey’s Lane, North Shields. Uncompli¬ cated Maternity cases 6 (and two labour beds). Tynemouth Countv Borough, 94% Other Areas 6% Health Committee Tyne¬ mouth Corpora¬ tion. General Practitioners attend their own patient? in the Home. Matron! 1 Sister ... 1 Nurses ... 2 l Opened, 1920. Administered in co-operation with the Tynemouth Victoria Jubilee Infirmary. One Matron acting for both Institutions *P*rt Time. +Also Matron of Tynemouth Victoria Jubilee Infirmary.