[Report 1953] / Medical Officer of Health, Eccles Borough.

  • Eccles (Greater Manchester, England). Borough Council.
Date:
1953
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Credit: [Report 1953] / Medical Officer of Health, Eccles Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    HOSPITALS. No change in the hospital accommodation for (he area has taken place during the year ; genera] cases are admitted to Park Hospital and the Eccles & Patricroft Hospital, while chronic cases are admitted to Bridgewater Hospital. A large number of cases from the district are also received by the various hospitals in Manchester and Salford. Cases of infectious diseases and puerperal pyrexia are admitted to Ladywell Sanatorium, Salford, and Monsall Hospital, Man- chester, while cases of smallpox are sent to the Florence Nightingale Isolation Hospital, Bury. PUBLIC HEALTH LEGISLATION IN FORCE. Public Health Acts Amendment Act, 1890 (Parts 2, 3 and 4). Eccles Corporation Act, 1901. Eccles (Housing of the Working Classes) Order, 1902. Borough of Eccles (Offensive Trades) Confirmation Order, 1924. Public Health Acts Amendment Act, 1907. Part 7. Sections 85 and 86. Public Health Act, 1925 (Part 2). Pet Animals Act, 1951. Rag Flock and Other Materials Act, 1951. Food and Drugs Act, 1938 (Sections 14 and 16). Bye-Laws, Regulations, etc. Houses let in Lodgings. Good Rule and Government. Closing Order (Butchers’ Shops). Closing Order (Boot and Shoe Shops). Smoke Abatement. Nuisances. Slaughter Houses. Common Lodging Houses. Offensive Trades. New Streets and Buildings. Barbers’ and Hairdressers’ Weekly Half-Holiday Order, 1927. Employment of Children. Nursing Homes. Improvement of Housing Conditions. Eccles Fish & Chip Friers’ Weekly Half-Holiday Order, 1939. Food and Drugs Act, 1938. Section 15 (Cleanliness).