[Report 1925] / Medical Officer of Health, Brentwood U.D.C.

  • Brentwood (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1925
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Credit: [Report 1925] / Medical Officer of Health, Brentwood U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    relief can be obtained. The amount of Poor Law relief for Brentwood during the year 1925 is set forth as follows :— Unemployed Relief £65 Ordinary Out Relief £1,320 Total Out Relief £1,385 The number of persons relieved on the year were as follows :— On account of sickness or accident ... On ,, ,, Medical Relief only On ,, ,, relief to men out of 7 work, widows with children, &c. ) Totals ... an average per week. during Men Women Children Total 9 14 13 36 3 6 4 13 3 27 16 46 15 47 33 95 There has been a marked tendency upward in the relieved during the past five years. More advantage is taken of the Infirmary Accommodation and there is less reluctance to enter the Infirmary on account of it being a Poor Law Hospital. The numbers of admissions to the Infirmary during 1925 from Brentwood on account of sickness or accident that is apart from admissions to the Workhouse (on account of destitution and other causes) were :— Men 16, Women 14, Children 2, Total 32 which includes 3 admissions for confinements. There were no cases of sickness or invalidity specially noteworthy in the district during the period under review. GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES IN THE DISTRICT. Hospitals.—The Council have an agreement with Billericay Rural Authority whereby infectious cases are received and treated at the Billericay Isolation Hospital. This hospital which has an accom* modation of 22 beds is outside the district and is situated about five miles from Brentwood. Smallpox cases are provided for by an arrangement with the West Ham Authority whereby such cases would be received into the -Smallpox hospital at Orsett. [5]