[Report 1938] / Medical Officer of Health, Devizes R.D.C.
- Devizes (England). Rural District Council.
- Date:
- 1938
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1938] / Medical Officer of Health, Devizes R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![General Provisions of Health Services for tho Area. Medical Officer—G. H. H. Wayleii, M R., f).P.H., Cantab, (part time). Sanitar.v lnspect.(iir—S. C. Drabble. C.It.^.l.J.H., M.S.l.A. (aRc Ruildinti Surveyor and Water Kngiiieer). Assistant Sanitary Inspeitor (teinpoiary)— F. Lockwood, C.S.I.R., 31st Januai'.v to 30tli July, 1J38. I). Howells, C S.I.R., lS)th September. ]!)38. onwards. 1. I.dhoniforii Farilifies.—N’<> alteration. 2. Amhuhinre Serrires.—(a) Jlie Rural Sanitary District is .sorvc<l .as to general sickness by tho Devizes Rorough Ambulance. (b) The Devizes a.nd Pewscy Joint Isolation Hospital Oomniittee suppl.v the ambulance u.scd tw intectious sick. 3. Nvrsiiiii in the Home.—Xur.ses supported by District Nursing Association available over most of area. 4. Clinic one! Treatment Centre.i.—(a) The Devizes Orthopaedic Clinic treated cases I'roni the area during 1938. (h) Some ca.ses from Rural Di.strict also attend at Infant Welfare. Centre at Devizes-. Hospitals. i. I'oluntaiji.—Devizes and District Hospital. 343 in-pa.tients treated during 1938, 246 coming from the Devizes Rural District. Avenage number of patients in hospital, 251; out- patients treated, 721. Expenses have risen, partly owing to increa.sed salaries of Sta.ff. and the year ended with la considerable adver.se hi'alanco of over £800. ii. ruhlic.—Devizes and Pewscy .Joint l.solation Hospital. ADMISSIONS DURING THE YEAR 1938. Diseases Devizes Rorough Devizes Rural District Pewscy Rural District Other Admin- strative Areas Total Scarlet Fever 20 16 10 46 Diphtheria ... 2 6 1 9 Intective Paraotitis ... 3 ... 3 Erysipelas ... 1 3 Measles ... . . I 't Pneumonia . . I 1 Streptoccal Throats ... 2 't Other Diseases 1 1 Observation... 4 0 7 30 22 0 j 75 Three deaths occurred as follows:—1 fi-iom Rncncho-Pneumionia. laiud Whooping Cough, aged 1 yeair; 1 from Influenzal Rrenclio-iPneumonia complicating Pulmonairy T.B. (this case occurred in vour Di.stnct, and is one of the two tubercidous deaths recorded); a third from Peritonitis simulating Enteric Fever. The oliservation cases included a severe quinsy, a iion-diphtheritic Laryngitis, contacts of sca.rlet fever cases with sore tliroats but no rash. 'I he mumps cases were all nur.se.s from tho Devizes and District Hospital. As will be evident from the above toJile. a nunilrer of cases, siome for obsemation, others not statutorily notiflablei but infectious, were usefull.y admitted. Without the new Cubicle Rlock this could not have been done.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29159301_0005.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
