[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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    Hospitals in the Vicinity of Tynemouth Name. Royal Victoria Infirmary. Situation. Newcastle- upon-Tyne. Purpose Treatment for. Newcastle General Hospital. Wallsend Infirmary & Maternity Hospital Medical. Surgical. Children, “Specials,” Etc. Beds available. 749 and 86 pay-beds Proportion of beds used by inhabitants of Tynemouth Manage¬ ment. Under per cent. Voluntary Committee Medical Staff. *Hon. to Newcastle- upon-Tyne. General Medical & ' Surgical, | Children. Chronic ■lick, etc. 904 fHon. Consulting Physicians Consulting Phy¬ sicians *to Special Departments Honorary Physicians Honorary Physicians Special Departments ... *Hon. Consulting Surgeon *Hon. Consulting Surgeons to Special Departments Honorary Surgeons Honorary Surgeons to Special Departments ... Resident Medical Officer... Deputy Resident Medical Officer ... . Resident Physicians Res’dent Surgeons Resident Anaesthetists ... Nursing Staff. Average Nursing Staff, 1938 258.3 Remarks. 3 12 9 1 1 6 15 2 Nil. Health Committee Newcastle- upon-Tyne Corpora¬ tion. Medical Superintendent... 1 Deputy Medical Supt. ... 1 House Physicians and Surgeons ... ... 7 Medical Registrars (part- time) ... .... ... 3 Surgical Registrars (part- time ... ... ... 3 Visiting Staff (part-time) 15 Medical Beds ... 1881 Surgical Beds ... 2861 Ear, Nose and Throat Beds ... 38| Gynaecological Beds . 30| Skin Diseases Beds 24| Convalescent Home Beds ... 125| Orthopaedic Beds 50j Pay Beds ... ... 86| Emergency Beds (Nurses) Total Beds ... 835 232 Wallsend-on- Tyne. Hospital for Sick Children. Newcastle- upon-Tyne (Fleming Memorial). Princess Mary- Maternity Hospital, Maternity Hospital. Newcastle- upon-Tyne. Medical. ; Surgical. Maternity. Children. 10 10 14 88 Newcastle- upon-Tyne. Nil. Under L per cent. Voluntary Committee j Consultants (Practitioners. and Local Medical Beds ... 215] Surgical Beds ... 2991 Childrens Beds ... 84] Maternity Beds ... 34J Venereal Diseases Beds . 31] Tuberculosis Beds 41 j Chronic Sick Beds 75| j Mental Observation Beds ... ... 2o| Isolation . 43| Mothers & Babies (Highfield) ... 32| Convalescent Home Whitton Tower 25 X-ray, Skin, Massage, Ophthalmic & Patho¬ logical Departments. Voluntary Committee Consulting Physicians ... 6 Consulting Surgeons ... 5 Consultants in Special Departmens ... ... 8 House Physicians ... 1 House Surgeons ... 2 Matron Sister Staff Nurses Proba¬ tioners Asst. Nurse Matron Sisters Staff Nurse Proba¬ tioners Resident Masseuse 1 No special depart- 2 ments. Modified Surg- 2 ical service. 4 1 l 7 1 26 Maternity. 88 under 1 per cent. Voluntary Committee Willington Quay. Maternity. The W. J. Sand¬ erson Ortho¬ paedic Hos¬ pital School for Children Gosforth, Newcastle- upon-Tyne. Eye Hospita*. rhroat, Nose and Ear Hospital. St. Mary’s Place, Newcastle- upon-Tyne. Ortho- laedic. Hospital. School. 14 22 per cent 134 Varied Eye Diseases. 32 Not known Voluntary- Committee Voluntary Tommittee Departments — X-ray, Dental Ophthalmic, Skin, Massage, Ear, Nose and Throat, Pathological. Ultra Violet Ray and Electrical Treatment. Complete Surgical ser- /ice. Proposals for extension under con¬ sideration. Hon. Obstetric Physicians Asst. Hon. Obstetric Physicians ... Hon. Surgeon Hon. Ophthalmic Surgeon Hon. Bacteriologist Hon. Pathologist ... Hon. Pediatrician Hon. Physician in Preventive Willing-ton Medecine ... _ ... 1 Quay part Hon. M & CMV. Physician 1 time Students 3i Matron Asst. 2 Matron ... 1 Sister Tutor 1 Sisteirs 1 j Staff Nurses 1 Proba¬ tioners 1 New Hospital under consideration. 1 In-patients, 1938, 2775. 1 Out-patients, 1938, 672. 7 8 50 ( 8 60 Hon. Surgeon Hon. Physician Hon. Obstetrician Dispensary7 Rye Hill, Newcastle- upon-Tyne 115, New Bridge St. Newcastle. Diseases of Throat, Nose and Ear. Diseases of Che Skin. $5 Nil. None A certain lumber of out-patients attend from Tynemouth Voluntary Committee Medical Officer ... Consultants Orthopaedic Surgeons Other Surgeons ... Radiographer Hon. Consultant ... Hon. Surgeons Hon. Physician Hon. Drntal Surgeon House Surgeons Hon. Neurologist Hon. Aural Surgeon 31 (Medical, Surgical, Or¬ thopaedic, Neurologic¬ al, Ophthalmic, Throat and Ear, Dental, X- rav services, Education and Manual training provided. Matron ... ] Asst. Matron 1 Sisters 3 Proba- tioneis 6 Voluntary Committee Consultant Surgeons Asst. Consult. Surgeons Other Honorary M.O’s 3 3 10 Committee Physicians, Honorary of N/c.-on -Tyne. Dispensary 13 None 1 House Surgeon. 1 I Infectious Diseases Hospital. Scaffold Hill, Shiremoor. Scarlet Fever. Diphtheria 76 Nil. Earsdon joint Hospital Board ! part-time Medical Supt. Matron ... 1 Sister ... 1 Nurses ... 4 Proba¬ tioners 5 Population served : Earsdon Joint Hospital District U.D C.’s of Whitley Bay7 & Monk- seaton, Seaton Valley-, I.ongbentcn, Wallsend. Blyth. Total Population : (Census 1931) 153,244 I nfectious Diseases Hospital. Wallsend-on- Tyne. Infectious Diseases. ■■■■ 86 Nil Wallsend Corpora¬ tion Medical Officer of Health Matron ... 1 Sister ... 2 Nurses ... 7 Proba¬ tioners 7 ditto Smallpox Hospital. Wallsend-on- Tyne. Smallpox. 20 Nil. Wallsend Corpora¬ tion Medical Officer of Health As and when required. ditto City Hospital. Walker Gate, Newcastle- upon-Tyne. Infectious Diseases & T uber- eulosis. 338 Nil. Health Committee Newcastle Corpora¬ tion Medical Supt, 1 Resident M.O. ... ... 1 Matron ... 1 Ass. Matron 1 Ward Sisters 11 Ass. Nurses 28 Proba¬ tioners 48 Population served : N ewcastle-upon-Tyme, 290,400. Smallpox and Isolation Hospital. Town Moor, Newcastle- upon-Tyne. Smallpox. 172 Nil. Health Committee Newcastle Corpora¬ tion Supplied from City Hospital as and when required. I Supplied from City Hospital as and when required. R.V.I. *Not on active list.