[Report 1934] / Medical Officer of Health, Tynemouth County Borough.

  • Tynemouth (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1934
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Credit: [Report 1934] / Medical Officer of Health, Tynemouth County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    X-Ray Dept. : Preston Hospital, North Shields. North Shields Dispen¬ sary, Church Street, North Shields. Out-patient Departm’t, Jubilee Infirmary, No. Shields. Dental Clinic, Jubilee Infirmary, No. Shields. Ear, Nose and Throat Clinic, Jubilee Infirm¬ ary, North Shields. Waiting and Dressing Rooms, Developing Room, etc. Separate Screens and Table Apparatus. Waiting room, dressing rooms, consulting rooms, Minor opera¬ tions room. Laboratory. Massage. Operating Theatre. In out-patient depart¬ ment of same Instit¬ ution. Waiting room, consult¬ ing room and examina¬ tion room. Do. Situated near T.B. Dis¬ pensary and Preston HosDital and used by both Departments Officially opened 9th March, 1932 Do. Do. Do. Consulting room and Voluntary dispensary. Association AMBULANCE FACILITIES. The following Ambulance facilities are available in the Borough and are provided by the Corporation : — (1) Motor ambulance for infectious diseases at North Shields. (Pur¬ chased 1931). (2) Horse-drawn ambulance for smallpox cases at North Shields. (3) Motor ambulance for non-infectious cases at the North Shields Fire Station. (1) Motor saloon for convalescent cases at Preston Hospital. Two disinfecting vans and a car for the use of the Medical Officers are also provided by the Council. One of the vans was renewed during the year. LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1929. In accordance with instructions in Circular .1119, issued by the Minister of Health, an account of the transferred institution and other institutions available for the sick inhabitants of the area, was given in the Annual Report for 1930. Alterations in the Hospital Services during the years 1931, .1932 and 1933, have been mentioned in the paragraphs dealing with the individual hospitals,