[Report 1930] / Medical Officer of Health, Darlington County Borough.
- Darlington (England). County Borough Council.
- Date:
- 1930
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1930] / Medical Officer of Health, Darlington County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![SECTION VIE HOSPtTALS. Hospital. Situation. Municipal ... Yarm Road ... Borough Fever Hundens Lane Smallpox ... Do. General ... Greenbank Kd. Maternity ^Vard, Gen. Hospital Do. Piirj)ose. General and 172 Children Infectious Diseases ... 105 Smallpox 24 General and 108 Children Maternity 12 Beds. Nurses. 16 Management. P.A. Committe H. Committee Voluntary H. Committee The Medical Staff at the Municipal Hospital consists o Hr. J. Currie, Resident Medical Officer, and Dr. Wormald, part* time Deputy Medical Officer. Provision is made on a fee basi for the services of a consulting surgeon when necessary. At the Fever and Smallpox Hospitals there is no Resident but the Medical Officer of Health acts as Superintendent, ami carries out the medical work with the assistance of the Deputt and a Consulting Surgeon when necessary. The General Hospital is mainly surgical, having a staff o eight Honorary Surgeons, one Physician and two House Surgeons The new Memorial Hospital, in course of erection, on a 17 acr: site, will have accommodation for 140 medical and surgica beds and 50 children, with room for extension. It also serve a surrounding area of Durham and Yorkshire with a populatioi equal to that of Darlington, the proportionate user being ap ])roximately 65% Darlington, 25% Durham, 10% North Riding. The increasing demands made on the accommodation ar' revealed by the figures for the past ten years :— ' In patients. Out patients. Attendanees 1921 ... 1,066 ... 40,421 1922 ... ... • ... 1,346 ... 43,027 1923 ... 1,519 ... 46,134 1924 ... 1,563 ... 45,638 1925 ... 1,600 ... 46,428 1926 ... 1,746 ... 48,679 1927 ... 2,155 ... 51,575 1928 ... 2,290 ... 59,262 1929 ... 2,324 ... 58,906 1930 ... 2,450 ... 52,129 i](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29149125_0022.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
