[Report 1937] / Medical Officer of Health, Boston Borough and Port Health Authority.

  • Boston (England). Borough Council. nb2007025323.
Date:
1937
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Credit: [Report 1937] / Medical Officer of Health, Boston Borough and Port Health Authority. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Section B. GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AREA. I. (i) The personnel of the Medical, Nursing and Sanitary Staff of the Borough is incorporated at the beginning of the Report. (2) Laboratory Facilities. (a) Bacteriological and Pathological Examinations are carried out for the Authority at the Royal Institute of Public Health and Hygiene, London, or at the Holland County Council Laboratory, Boston. (b) Ambulance Facilities.—A Motor Ambulance is kept at the Joint Isolation Hospital, and is on call with a driver for the removal of cases of infectious disease. The St. John Ambulance Brigade, which is a voluntary organisation, provide an excellent Motor Ambulance service for non-infectious and accident cases, and is carrying out a valuable service to the town. An annual grant is made to this organisation by the Borough Council. (c) The Boston and District Nursing Association successfully cope with the nursing in the home. The two Queen’s Nurses who had been carrying out maternity and general nursing resigned on the 31st October, 1937, and were appointed full-time Midwives under the Holland County Council. One Queen’s Nurse now carries out general nursing in the home. (d) Treatment Centres and Clinics :— (1) Infant Welfare Centre, Red Lion Street : Wednesday and Friday at 2.30 p.m. (2) Dental Clinic for Mothers and Toddlers ; (appointments by arrangement with Holland County Council). (3) School Dental Clinic, Holland Sanatorium : Monday and Thursday 9.45 a.m. to 4 p.m., Friday 9.45 a.m. to 12 noon. (4) School Clinic, George Street : Minor Ailments are treated daily from 11.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m.