[Report 1931] / Medical Officer of Health, Salop / Shropshire County Council.

  • Shropshire Council
Date:
1931
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Credit: [Report 1931] / Medical Officer of Health, Salop / Shropshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Summary of the Provision made in the County for Isolation Hospital Accommodation for Infectious Diseases other than Small-pox. No. of beds (Allowing 144 Population Provision of Hospital sq. ft. per bed) and nature District. (1931 Census). accommodation. of accommodation. Shrewsbury Borough 32370 Monkmoor Isolation Hospital, 40—Accommodation very good. and Atcham R.D. 22655 Shrewsbury. Oswestry Borough 9754 I Oswestry and Chirk Isolation 17* * * §—Accommodation moder- and Oswestry R.D. 16603 j Hospital.t ately satisfactory. Market Dra3'^ton U.D. 4749 ] Little Drayton Joint Isolation 10*—Accommodation not good. and Drayton R.D. 7380 ] Hospital. 1 Bridgnorth Borough 5151 Bridgnorth Isolation Hospital 5*—Accommodation not good. Ludlow Borough . . 5642 Ludlow Isolation Hospital. 9—Accommodation not good. Newport U.D. 3439 ) Newport Isolation Hospital. 4*—Accommodation extremely and Newport R.D. 5499 (A number of cases are also sent to Monkmoor Hospital, Shrewsbury). unsatisfactory. Teme R.D. 1563 Knighton and Teme Isolation 2*—Accommodation extremely Bishop’s Castle Borough .. Hospital. § unsatisfactory. 1352 Church Stretton U.D. 1705 Dawley U.D. 7363 Ellesmere U.D. 1872 Oakengates U.D. . . 11189 Wellington U.D. . . 8185 Wem U.D. 2157 Wenlock Borough 14152 No Hospital, but a number of Whitchurch U.D. 6016 > cases are sent to Monkmoor Chirbury R.D. 3058 Isolation Hospital, Shrews- Church Stretton R.D. 4524 bury. Clun R.D. . . 5950 Ellesmere R.D. 7323 Ludlow R.D. 8677 Shifnal R.D. 7707 Wellington R.D. . . 11227 Wem R.D. , . 8434 Whitchurch R.D. 2090 ^ Bridgnorth R.D. , . 8292 ) Burford R.D. 1159 i No provision whatever. Cleobury Mortimer R. D.. . 6925 j 1 * Slightly overestimated. t Provides also for the Chirk R.D. of Denbighshire, which has a population of 4,879. + >j >, ,, Blore Heath R.D. of Staffordshire, which has a population of 2,863. § >> >> >> ,, Knighton U.D. & R.D. of Radnorshire, which have a population of 5,791.