[Report 1902] / Medical Officer of Health, West Lancashire R.D.C.

  • West Lancashire (England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1902
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Credit: [Report 1902] / Medical Officer of Health, West Lancashire R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Izal is supplied in all cases by the Inspectors to persons in whose house there are cases of infectious disease, if application is made for it. At the termination of all cases of Diphtheria, Enteric Fever, Puerperal Fever, Scarlet Fever, and Smallpox, the hospital porter proceeds to the house, and thoroughly disinfects the rooms where the patients have been, removing to Holly House for steam disinfection everything that may require it. HOSPITAL ACCOMMODATION FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES. Holly House, Aughton, formerly a country residence, was acquired by the District Council, and after alterations had been made so as to provide accommodation for eight Scarlet Fever and two Enteric Fever cases, it was opened for the admission of patients on February 9th, 1897. Attached to the establishment is a Ct Thresh Steam Disinfector, and there is also a brougham ambulance, and a bedding van. Along with the house are four acres of land. The accommodation provided proving to be inadequate, the Hospital Committee decided to add a new ward block, and on July 6th Henry Underwood, Esq. (chairman of the Council, and also of the Hospital Committee), formally opened a new pavilion, which had been built to accommodate twelve adult patients. It was, however, not until the 28th August that patients were admitted to these wards, owing to delay on the part of the contractor. The agreement with the Burscough and Fathom Urban District Council terminated in August, and since that time no patients have been admitted from those townships. About the same time the Croston Urban District Council approached the Committee with a view to having their patients admitted to the hospital, and to have the use of the disinfecting apparatus when required. Eventually an agreement was arrived at by which that Authority can send patients suffering from o B