[Report 1920] / Medical Officer of Health, Ashton-under-Lyne Borough.

  • Ashton-under-Lyne (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1920
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Credit: [Report 1920] / Medical Officer of Health, Ashton-under-Lyne Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    the Eural JJislricL of Liiuehurst. The Hospital of the Joint Board is situate on a well isolated site of 40 :icres, on a hill side at Hartshead, in the Eural District of riiinehurst, three miles distant from the Town Hall of Ashton. Provision is made of 12 beds, in two wards. During the year 12 cases of Smallpox from Middleton were treated, under a special agree- ment with that Borough. No cases were received from Ashton. (3j The following Local and General Acts are in force in the district;—Corporation Improvement Act, 1886; Corpora- tion Act, 1893 ; Provisional Ol der for Conversion of Closets, 1893 ; Infectious Diseases Prevention Act, 1890; Public Health Acts Amendment Act, 1890 ; Public Health Acts Amendment Act, 1907 ; Notification of Births Act, 1907. . (4) Arrangements for chemical and bacteriological work during the year 1920, and their results: — Typhoid. Diphtheria. Phthisis. I’ositive 1 3 1 Negative G 11 1 Eight samples of milk were submitted, and all were found to be free from Tubercle. These bacteriological examinations were made at the Public Health Laboratory, Manchester. Other Services. The District Infirmary received a grant of 250 guineas during the year. The Ashton and District Nursing Society received a grant of i20. This Society maintains three fully qualified Queen's Nurses, one of whom acts as Matron. They are accommo- dated in a commodious dwelling-house in Katherine Street. Their work is directed in the usual manner by a voluntary Comnuttee.