[Report 1954] / Medical Officer of Health, Kirkburton U.D.C.

  • Kirkburton (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1954
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Credit: [Report 1954] / Medical Officer of Health, Kirkburton U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AREA Staff The Medical Officer of Health is a part-time officer of the Council but is engaged whole-time on public health work, being also Medical Officer of Health for the Urban Districts of Colne Valley, Denbyi Dale, Holmfirth, Meltham and Saddleworth, and Divisional Medical Officer of Division 20 of the West Riding, which is composed of the 6 Urban Districts of which he is Medical Officer of Health. In addition to the Medical Officer of Health the staff consists of a full-time Senior Sanitary Inspector, an additional Sanitary Inspector and a male clerk who was transferred from the Highways department during the latter part of the year. The department also has the joint services: of the junior clerks for typing. Laboratory Facilities All the bacteriological laboratory work required by the Health department and by General Practitioners is carried out at the Wakefield Laboratory of the Public Health Laboratory Service, whilst samples of water for chemical examination are sent to the laboratories of Messrs. Richardson and Jaffe, Public Analysts, Bradford. Ambulance Facilities (a) Cases of Infectious Diseases. The ambulance of the Isolation Hospital to which the patient is admitted is used for the removal of the patient. (b) Cases of Sickness and Accident An Ambulance Service is operated by the West Riding County Council, the Kirkburton Urban District being in Ambulance Area No. 18. The depot for the area is situated at Banney Royd, Halifax Road, Huddersfield (Tel. No. Huddersfield 1255/6). Professional Nursing in the Home General. Home nursing is undertaken by 3 nurses employed by the West Riding County Council and resident at Lepton, Kirkburton, and Shelley. Midwifery. There is one full-time midwife employed by the West Riding County Council and resident at Lepton. The two home nurses resident at Kirkburton and Shelley are also practising midwives. Further details of the nursing services provided in the area will be found in Section VII ofl this report. Treatment Centres, Clinics, and Hospitals Infant Welfare Centres Held weekly on Tuesday afternoon at Kirkburton and Lepton.
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