[Report 1936] / Medical Officer of Health, Chelmsford Borough.

  • Chelmsford (England). Borough Council
Date:
1936
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Credit: [Report 1936] / Medical Officer of Health, Chelmsford Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Cases Treated during 1936. i Month. Scarlet Fever. Diphtheria. Pneumonia. CR ed W Measles. 1 1 Whooping j Cough. Typhoid. Meningitis. 1 Total. luary 17 1 18 ihruary ... 13 — — 2 — — — — 15 rob 15 — — — 4 1 — 1 20 / •il 2.3 — 1 — — — — — 25 ]y 9 — — 1 1 ■ — — 11 |iie 8 — — — 2 — — — 10 )3y 13 1 — — 2 — — — 16 i^ust 15 — — — — — 1 — 16 Hitembor ... 7 — — — — — 1 — 8 '{ober 9 4 — — — 1 — 14 Itrember ... 12 1 — — 3 — — — 16 1 ;ember ... 17 1 — 1 2 — — — 21 Totals 158 8 1 4 14 1 3 1 190 1 ients remaining rom 1935 7 2 — — — — — — 9 si patients treated uring 1936 165 10 1 4 14 1 3 1 1 charged during the j 199 ear 147 9 1 3 13 1 2 — 176 i ^ths 2 1 — 1 1 — 1 1 7 [ients remaining in 1 1 1 'ecember 31st, 1936 16 — — — — — — ; 16 I Of the 190 patients admitted during the year, 90 came from tlie Borough i l)f Chelmsford, 84 from the Chelmsford Rural District, 10 from Ongar, 3 from 1 ilraiutree, 1 from Witham, 1 from Black Notley and 1 from Dunmow. The Essex County Council Scheme under Section 63 of the Local Govern- nent Act, 1929, is now before the Minister. So far as Chelmsford is concerned, the scheme proposes to enlarge the irea of the Joint Hospital Board to include the following Authorities :— Chelmsford Borough Population 30,000 Chelmsford Rural * • 30,000 Ongar Rural • • 39 11,500 Maldon Borough .. • * 33 8,500 Maldon Rural • • 33 16,000 Witham Urban • • 33 7,000 Burnham-on-Crouch Urban .. • • 93 3,500 Unfortunately, this scheme was opposed by Maldon Borough and Rural 'ouncils who wished to set up two Authorities, viz :—