[Report 1909] / Medical Officer of Health, Workington Borough.
- Workington (England). Borough Council.
- Date:
- 1909
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1909] / Medical Officer of Health, Workington Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Ellerbeck Hospital. This, for reasons already stated, has been a comparatively quiet time at your Infectious Hospital, only 68 cases having been admitted, as compared with 180 for previous year. Of these, 63 were Scarlet Fever, and 5 Enteric Fever. The general upkeep of, and repairs to, your Hospital have been well attended to, and I have again to record my a]iprecia- tion of the services rendered by the Matron, Nurse Ivirkby, and the other officials. It may be long—I hope it will be a long time— before your Infectious‘Hospital is called upon to play such a part as undoubtedly, vide Dr. Monckton Copeman’s report, it did play during the late Enteric epidemic, but it is at least some satisfaction to your Authority to know that for the purpose of isolation of cases of infectious disease you have such a place as Ellerbeck fully equipped and at all times ready for use, and all this, considering the number of beds at your disposal, at a comparatively trifling cost. Diphtheria and Membranous Croup. The notification of these for the year amount to 41, with 6 deaths, the diagnosis for the most part being arrived at with¬ out the assistance of bacteriological examination. This latter your Authority for a short time kindly took upon itself ail expenses connected with the same, a privilege since withdrawn. Following, however, the example set by other Authorities in the country, it seems worthy of consideration to determine whether it would not only be wise but also economical, both from a financial and health or life preserving point of view, to again in suitable cases offer assistance in the matter of bac¬ teriological examination, and place at the disposal of those unfortunate enough to require it, but who else might be deprived of it, the valuable specific which, known by the name of Anti-toxin, has done so much to reduce the mortality from Diphtheria.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30293273_0009.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
