[Report 1925] / Medical Officer of Health, Stroud U.D.C.

  • Stroud (England). Urban District Council
Date:
1925
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Credit: [Report 1925] / Medical Officer of Health, Stroud U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The only way to combat deaths from these causes is by the ante-natal clinic in which the health of the mother is attended to before the child is born. It is one thing to establish a clinic and another thing to get the mothers to attend. Two deaths were due to Marasmus and one to Pneumonia. The infant death rate for England and Wales was 75, lower than the local rate. One infant that died was illegitimate, giving a high illegitimate death rate of 250 per 1000 live births. Health Services. The Joint Isolation Hospital is at Cashes Green, in the Rural area, and there are 4 pavillions for acute infectious diseases, 1 administrative block, laundry and disinfection block, and tuberculosis open air pavilion. The number of patients that can be isolated is 56, and 5 separate diseases can be dealt with at one time. There is also a Small pox Hospital at Bisley, which will deal with 20 patients. There is the Standish House Sanatorium managed by the County, and beds for late male cases of tuberculosis at the Gloucester Isolation Hospital. There is no institutional provision for unmarried mothers and their infants, in addition to the Union Infirmary. A Red Cross Motor Ambulance is used regularly in Stroud and neighbourhood and a Horse Ambulance is still in use at the Isolation Hospital. There is a Tuberculosis Dis¬ pensary, at the General Hospital on Mondays and a Venereal Clinic twice a week in the evening, both under the County. Arrangements have been made for the treatment of school children who attend at the Hospital Out-Patients department. The Child Welfare Centre under a voluntary committee of ladies meets weekly at the Corn Hall. Owing to the large room being let to the labour bureau, this Centre has been run under great difficulties owing to overcrowding. The large hall has been lent on occasion, but as a rule it could not be obtained. A new labour office is now under construction so that before loog the Centre will again have the large hall.