[Report 1948] / Medical Officer of Health, West Lancashire R.D.C.

  • West Lancashire (England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1948
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Credit: [Report 1948] / Medical Officer of Health, West Lancashire R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    AMBULANCE. Under the National Health Service Act, 1946, all Ambulance Services are provided by the County Council after 5th July, 1948. However the existing facilities continued in West Lancashire up to the end of 1948, although the responsibility for cost was accepted by the County Council. The Local Authority provided ambulance facilities for infectious cases only. The Ormskirk General Hospital and also the County Hospital at Ormskirk each provide ambulances for accidents and general hospital cases. Ambulances belonging to the Merseyside Hospitals’ Council also operate in the area. The Parishes formerly served by Bootle and which are outside the area served from Ormskirk, now derive their ambulance facilities from the NomCounty Borough of Crosby. The Northern Parishes are catered for by voluntary ambulance organisations in the townships of North Meols, Tarleton and Hesketh Bank. SUMMARY OF ADMISSIONS TO HOSPITAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES FROM THE WEST LANCASHIRE RURAL DISTRICT DURING THE YEAR 1948. Ormskirk infectious Diseases Hospital. Admissions from West Lancashire. Scarlet Fever Diphtheria (including carriers) Tonsilitis ... Measles Rheumatic Fever ... Food Poisoning ... Whooping Cough Chickenpox Influenza Adenitis • ... Total ... 37 10 5 3 1 1 1 1 1 These admissions were from the following townships: — Aintree Aughton Altcar ... Bispham ... One case of Diphtheria. One case of Chickenpox, one case of Food Poisoning, One case of Scarlet Fever. ... One case of Scarlet Fever. Three cases of Scarlet Fever.