[Report 1923] / Medical Officer of Health, Barnsley County Borough.

  • Barnsley (England : Unitary authority). County Borough Council.
Date:
1923
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Credit: [Report 1923] / Medical Officer of Health, Barnsley County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    NURSING ARRANGEMENTS, HOSPITALS AND INSTITUTIONS. Beckett Hospital. The chief charitable Institution in the Borough is the Beckett Hospital. This institution, established in 1865, lias 120 beds available, and serves not only the Borough but the surmunding districts All classes of Surgical and Medical work are dealt with. In 1923, 1689 In-patients and 7,453 Out-patients were treated. The average number of p)atients resident daily throughout tlie year was 105, compared with 88 for 1922. Tlie total ex])eriditure for the year 1923 was £14,309. The total expenditure for the year 1922 was £12,925. It is proposed to carry out large extensions as soon as funds will allow, namely, additional wards for men, women and child- ren, increased accommodation for the Nursing sta.ff, and in the kitchens. The approximate cost of the complete scheme is e.stimate 1 at £34,400. It is the intention of the Hospital Committee to proceed with an a.jipeal for the fii’st section of the Scheme, costing £10,000, at once. Ambulance arrangements are desciibed upon page 89 Nursing Associations—No change. COUNTY BOROUGH OF BARNSLEY INSURANCE COMMITTEE. The Index Eegister shows tliat on:— 1st Apnl, 1923, 27,799 insured persons were resident in the Boi’cugh. 1st July, 1923, 27,746 insured persons were resident in the Borough. 1st October, 1923, 27,762 insured persons were resident in the Borough. 1st January, 1924, 26,387 insured persons were resident in the Borough. The average insured population resident in the Borough dur- ing the whole of the year was therefore 27,423. Although a decrease of 1,373 is shown during the last quarter of the year it will be noted that the average insured population is materially the same as last year. The decrease is in the main accoimted for by the fact that the first stage of the Clearance Operations