[Report 1930] / Medical Officer of Health, Stourbridge Borough.

  • Stourbridge (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1930
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Credit: [Report 1930] / Medical Officer of Health, Stourbridge Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    At the Stourbridge and Halesowen Hospital there are three wards for Infectious Disease, with 59 beds. 29 for males, 30 for females, and one ward with one bed for Enteric Fever. The Tuberculosis Block has two wards with 14 beds, 8 for males, 6 for females. At the Smallpox Hospital there are two wards with 4 beds in each. The Hospital Manage¬ ment Committee consists of members of the Councils of the Borough of Stourbridge and the Urban Districts of Halesowen, and Lye and Wolles- cote. The patients come from the three districts mentioned, but by special contract and conditions, patients are received from the County Borough of Dudley and the Urban Districts of Rowley Regis and Tipton. (b) The Smallpox Hospital at the Stourbridge and Halesowen Hospital has 8 beds, 4 each for males and females. The Corbett Hospital is situated in the Urban District of Amblecote, but is used by inhabitants of this Borough. It is a General Hospital. There are 18 beds for males, 18 for females, and 7 for children. It is a voluntary hospital. The cases admitted are mainly surgical, but a few medical cases are admitted when beds are available. One male and one female bed are allotted to the Venereal Disease Treatment Centre, for use when necessary. There is a small ward of two beds into which maternity cases are admitted when it is available. The hospital has a special Eye Department and the Ophthalmologist has beds when necessary and available. Cases of Ophthalmia Neonatorum requiring In-patient treatment are sent either to Kidderminster or to Dudley General Hospitals. Cases of Puerperal Fever and Pyrexia are treated at the General Hospital and the Women's Hospital, Birmingham by arrangement with the County Council. Cases of combined Pregnancy and Venereal Disease requiring Inpatient treatment are admitted to Cleveland House, Wolverhampton. Tuberculosis cases requiring Sanatorium treatment are sent by the County Council to Knightwick or to Hayley Green. Orthopaedic cases in children—Tuberculous or otherwise—are sent by arrangement to the Woodlands/' Northfield, Birmingham. Ear, Nose and Throat cases are treated at one of the following :— Corbett Hospital, Stourbridge ; Guest Hospital, Dudley ; Queen’s, General or Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital, Birmingham. In addition considerable use is made by inhabitants of the Birmingham Hospitals for all purposes. Special departments for the treatment of Ophthalmic Diseases are held at the Corbett Hospital, Stourbridge, on Monday, at 2 pm., and at the Guest Hospital, Dudley on Thursdays at 2 p.m.