[Report 1937] / Medical Officer of Health, Barrow-in-Furness County Borough.

  • Barrow-in-Furness (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1937
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Credit: [Report 1937] / Medical Officer of Health, Barrow-in-Furness County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    HOSPITALS : PUBLIC AND VOLUNTARY. The Hospital provision for the Borough is as follows :— (a) Voluntary.... North Lonsdale (General)—154 beds. Infield Convalescent Home—64 beds. (b) Municipal .... Roose Infirmary—216 beds. Under the control of the Public Assistance Committee. Devonshire Road Isolation Hospital, which will be referred to later in this report. Raikesmoor Smallpox Hospital—16 beds. Risedale Maternity Home. Accommodation for 20 patients. Tuberculosis Hospital at Devonshire Road—16 beds. An agreement has also been entered into with the Governors of the Westmorland Sanatorium, Meathop, Grange-over-Sands, for the use of 14 beds, and arrangements exist for beds as required with the Authorities con- trolling the following Hospitals :— The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital, Oswestry; The Ethel Hedley Hospital, Windermere ; Blencathra Sanatorium; Alder Hey Hospital, Liverpool. The arrangement with the North Lonsdale Hospital for treatment of acute surgical and medical cases, still continues. 51 patients were admitted for treatment under the scheme.