[Report 1929] / Medical Officer of Health, Somerset County Council.

  • Somerset (England). County Council.
Date:
1929
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Credit: [Report 1929] / Medical Officer of Health, Somerset County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Grants, which in most cases are one-third of the maintenance charges, are paid to a number of Isolation Hospitals in the County, provided they are maintained and managed to the satisfaction of the County Council. These hospitals are :— Minehead, Watchet, and Williton Hospital. Shepton Mallet Joint Isolation Hospital. Taunton Joint Isolation Hospital. Wincanton Isolation Hospital. Axbridge, Burnham and Highbridge Isolation Hospital. 3. Isolation Hospitals provided by Local Sanitary Authorities. Urban Areas. Isolation Hospital accommodation is provided for Bridgwater, Clevedon, Frome, Glastonbury, Minehead, Shepton Mallet, Street, Taunton, Watchet, Wells, Weston-super-Mare and Yeovil. There is no provision for Chard, Crewkerne, Ilminster, Midsomer Norton, Portishead, Radstock, Wellington and Wiveliscombe. Rural Areas. Some Isolation Hospital accommodation is provided for Bath, Frome, Keynsham, Langport, Long Ashton, Shepton Mallet, Taunton, Williton and Wincanton. There is no provision for Bridgwater, Chard, Clutton, Dulverton, Wellington, Wells and Yeovil. The Isolation Hospital at Cross, for the areas of Axbridge Rural, Burnham and Highbridge, was completed and brought into use during the year. The erection of the Hospital at Paulton, for the areas of Clutton, Midsomer Norton and Radstock, was put in hand but not completed during the year. Under Sec. 63 of the Local Government Act, 1929, a comprehensive scheme of Isolation Hospital provision for the whole county was approved by the County Council.