[Report 1931] / Medical Officer of Health, Salop / Shropshire County Council.
- Shropshire Council
- Date:
- 1931
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1931] / Medical Officer of Health, Salop / Shropshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![the immediate reception of patients. In the absence of small-pox in the County, the Whitchurch Hospital is used for advanced cases of consumption. The following is a summary of the Small¬ pox accommodation for the County :— Hospital. No. of beds. Provided hy Frees Heath, Whitchurch 8] Steeraway, Wellington 4 County Council. Ludlow 2.) Lhiderdale, Shrewsbury .. 8 Borough of Shrewsbury. Broseley 6 Borough of Wenlock. The condition of most of these small-pox hospitals is extremely unsatisfactory and, if there were a definite outbreak of small-pox in this County the position would be extremely awkward. The very fact that, with the exception of the hospital at Steeraway, they have not had to be used for small-pox cases, for a very considerable time at least, tends to add to their structural and other shortcomings, and indeed it is not certain that all of them could be immediately utilised if required. The sanitary arrangements are usually not only inadequate, but also crude and rather primitive ; and the accommodation provided for nursing staff is such that it would create a diffi¬ culty if a staff had to be provided and maintained in the hospitals for anything but a short period. The one hospital which is in a thoroughly satisfactory condition is that at Frees Heath, and this hospital is in continuous use for advanced cases of tuberculosis. As more beds are required for such cases, a solution of the present difficulty would appear to be the provision of another hospital to be used for tuberculous patients till required for small-pox cases.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30086693_0029.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
