Annual report of the Medical Superintentendent : 1939 / Burnley Joint Hospital Board.

  • Burnley Joint Hospital Board.
Date:
1939
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Credit: Annual report of the Medical Superintentendent : 1939 / Burnley Joint Hospital Board. Source: Wellcome Collection.

    19/24 (page 17)
    CROWN POINT ISOLATION HOSPITAL. No cases of smallpox occurred in the areas served by the joint Hospital Board during 1939, and ten years have now elapsed since smallpox patients were last treated in this hospital. This hospital continues to serve a very useful purpose as a convalescent hospital for the open-air treatment of delicate children from Burnley County Borough. It is staffed with two nurses, and two maids from the Joint Hospital Board staff in Marsden Road Infectious Diseases Hospital, in addition to the resident caretaker and his wife, who acts as hospital cook. A teacher is provided by the Burnley Corporation. A maintenance charge of £1 5s. Od. per week per child is paid by the Burnley Corporation to the Joint Hospital Board. Two wards are used as dormitories, one for each sex, with fifteen beds in each; the third is used as a dining room and the fourth as a class room. No infectious disease occurred amongst the children while in the Hospital. The following are particulars of the delicate children from Burnley who have been under treatment during 1939 Number under treatment on 1st January, 1939 . 30 Number of children admitted during 1939 .. 27 Number of children discharged during 1939 . 32 Number under treatment on 31st December, 1939 . 25 The following are the conditions from which the 38 children, who were discharged, suffered : — Non-tuberculous Respiratory Disease . Non-infectious Tuberculous Disease . 5 Debility, Anaemia, etc. 12 Crippling Defects . 1 32