[Report 1908] / Medical Officer of Health, Bispham-with-Norbreck U.D.C.

  • Bispham-with-Norbreck (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1908
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Credit: [Report 1908] / Medical Officer of Health, Bispham-with-Norbreck U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Lvfectious Disease Hospital. The Infectious Disease Hospital is the Joint Hospital, situated at Moss Side, near Dythani, and is some 12 miles from the District. There are no special number of beds assigned to each District of the Fylde, but the cases are taken into the Hospital from the different Districts as required. There are 24 beds and nine cots in the Hospital for Scarlet Fever, eight beds for Enteric, and four beds for Diphtheria. Disinfection. In cases of the chief notifiable diseases, the houses in which they occur are first of all funiegated with sulphur, then the walls and clothing are sprayed with a 1% solution of formaline by means of a special formaline spra}', which is capable of holding two gallons. On request, any house in which there has been a non-notifiable disease, as Phthisis, Measles, Whooping Cough, Chicken-pox, &c., is disinfected free of cost. In cases of Typhoid b'evers, special typhoid bins are used in the District. These bins are charged with a disin- fectant and are used to receive the excreta. In cases of Notifiable Infectious Diseases, such as Diphtheria, Typhoid and puerperal I'ever, the drains are tested with smoke and flushed with a solution of chloride of lime. The chloride of lime is made into a paste by the addition of a little water and then diluted to the required strength 2J ounces to the gallon. Disinfectants are distributed at the Council Offices, Red Bank Road, free of charge to houses where Infectious Diseases occur.