[Report 1921] / Medical Officer of Health, Bexhill U.D.C. Borough.
- Bexhill (England). Urban District Council.
- Date:
- 1921
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1921] / Medical Officer of Health, Bexhill U.D.C. Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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!['I’l:isKKcrLosis. A llisjxMisiiry under llu* udininisliulKtii of •llie I'litsl Sussex (’ounty (.'ouueil. holds a Maudcly session iji J.ondon Iload. Mtforls art* luun^' made to ineica'^e the control ov('r eontaets. \ KM'.KKAL Diskask.—-A (’liiiie is h(d<l on two day.s a wcudc at the Mast Sussex Hospital, Hastings, whicdi is availal)le for Hexhill eases. Hospitals Provided or Subsidised by the l.ocal Authority or by the County Council:— (1) TrniaiClLosis.- 'riu* ('ounty ('ouneij Jia.s ])rovided a Sanatorium at Rohertshridg(‘ \vhi(di is availahh' foi' the borough. ('asi's have also heen admitted during’ 1 lu' year to Sanatoria at Midhurst (A); Hastings borough (I): Pairlig’ht, 11 ast ings (1) ; Hov('(l): Koheitshridge (2); benenden(l). (2) M A i’KUN iTV A M) (' 111LDKKX.—d'liere is no ])resent pro- vision. (;!) I'kvku.- -'I’lie borough Council pi’ovides a Hospital of 2(J beds at ('limdi (freen. before the \Car they decided to re})laet‘ the tmuporary huildings hy otheis of a more ])ermaneut (diaraetei’, and plans were prei)ared and passed, 'i lu* Wai’, and the cost of huilding- since lias preventetl, with the (‘xeejdion of the (thservation bloidc whiidi was huilt as a start, furtliei’ jii’o- ceeding with the sidieme. (ireat diltieulty has ht'cn found in pi’opei’ly housing- tin* nurses, and ti’oni tin* want of aeeomnioda- tion it has not Ix'en jiossihle to jirovide a night nuis(‘, with the unsatisfactory result that when patients aie present tin* Statf have had no I’ch'asc* fi’om r(*s])onsihility, day oi' night, and have had to sU'cp in tin* Infected blocks, d'lu* ('ouneil are jiroviding a nurses' slee])ing I’oom in the Searh't blo(dv. (A) vSm.m.i, Pox. by airang(*ment with the Hastings ■('oi’poiat ion four heds are retained at their llosjiital at brede. l.soL.\TioN Ilosi’iTAL for the large luunher of Priv.vtk Schools.—Only a few of tin* Private Schools have mad(‘ any attempt at providing facilities foi’ isolating their jiujiils when recpiired. (treat diltieulty has h(‘(>n found in making jirovision foi’ their eases. Institutional Provision for Unmarried Mothers, Illegitimate Infants, and Homeless Children. d’heie is no jirovision in the District otlu'r than the Pooi’ I.aw Infirmary, whiidi will not take any ease unh'ss destitute.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28921501_0011.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
