[Report 1923] / Medical Officer of Health, Barrowford U.D.C.

  • Barrowford (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1923
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Credit: [Report 1923] / Medical Officer of Health, Barrowford U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    XoTii-iAHMC I)isi;asi:s. I liciv wc-n- .44 notifications of infection^ disease, and six deaths, hour of tliese deaths were due to Pneumonia and six to I ulmonarv I nhercniosis. Rooms and luaises ])rcviously ()ccn])ied by tubercular |)atients were promptl\' disinfected as soon as information of their removal was received. Special Caixsics of Sick.xi-iss. A slight epidemic of Chicken Pox occurred in the 2nd cpiartei of the year, and there were two cases of Smallpox notified. Xt RSIXG AkILVXC.EMFXTS .\X1) 1 .XSTITI'IIOXS. 1 hcie arc no arrangements for professional nursing in the liome made locally. 'Die .services of the Xclson and District Xnrsing A.s.sociation, however, are available for the families of weavers under' arrangements made by the \\’ca\-ers’ Association. Child W'elfake. The Child \\’elfare Centre, established bv the County Council, is open every Thursday in the Congregational School, Chinch Street, at 2-.4() p.m. It is supported in its work by a representatii-e Local Committee of Ladies. Supplies of food and milk for expectant and nursing mothers, and milk for infants, are there obtainable. ISOLATIOX OF IXFI'CTIOl'S 1 )ISF.VSFS. Arrangements have been made with the Xclson Health Authority to accept cases cf infection in the Xelson Isolation Hospital at Catlow. These were utilised for cases of Smallpox and .Scarlatina. Disixffctiox. Twenty-two houses have been disinfected during the year by a fumigation lamp. Clothing and bedding are .sent to llu* Steam Disinfector of the Health Department, Xclson. Amp.I'LAXCF h'ACILITIltS. (n) Inlectioiis cases--N^elson Health Department. {!>) Non-Infections and acr ident cases—Xelson Tire Station.