[Report 1926] / Medical Officer of Health, Wakefield City.

  • Wakefield (England). City Council.
Date:
1926
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Credit: [Report 1926] / Medical Officer of Health, Wakefield City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    (2) Smallpox Hospital near Carr Gate. This hospital belongs to the Wakefield and District Small- Pox Hospital Committee and contains 24 beds. It is used at present by the West Riding Countj^ Council as a Sanatorium. In the event of an outbreak of Smallpox, arrangements have been made for the first cases to be isolated in the Smallpox Hospital at Sherburn. B. (1) Tuberculosis. Mount Vernon Sanatorium, Barnsley, belongs jointly to the Corporations of Barnsley and Wakefield and provides 26 beds for each Authority for pulmonary tuberculosis only. There is no municipal provision for advanced cases. (2) Maternity. The Municipal Maternity Hospital in Blenheim Road accom¬ modates 12 patients with 4 additional beds in an isolation ward. The hospital is frequently overcrowded and the question of en¬ larging the hospital or building a new and larger hospital is at present under consideration. (3) Children. There is no special Children’s Hospital in Wakefield but the Corporation has an agreement with the Clayton Hospital for the admission of certain cases (e.g., ophthalmia neonatorum). Institutional Provision for Unmarried Mothers, Illegitimate Infants and Homeless Children. There is no provision for the above other than that provided by the Board of Guardians. Ambulance Facilities. (1) For infectious cases a motor ambulance is provided at the Fever Hospital. (2) For non-infectious and accident cases a motor ambulance is provided at the Police Station. Clinics and Treatment Centres. (a) Maternity and Child Welfare Centres. There are 6 Child Welfare Centres provided by the Local Authority, but in the working of which assistance is rendered by the Wakefield Babies’ Welcome Committee. The following are the particulars of these Centres :—