[Report 1921] / Medical Officer of Health, Middleton Borough.

Middleton (England). Borough Council.

Date:: 1921

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Credit: [Report 1921] / Medical Officer of Health, Middleton Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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(4) Supplying gratuitously the necessary outfit for col¬ lecting material for examination from persons suspected to be suffering from venereal disease, and a scientific report upon the material submitted. Laboratory Examination. The Laboratory available for such examinations is The University of Manchester, Pathological Department. Treatment Centres. No Treatment Centre has been established in the Borough. The following are the nearest centres :— 1. Oldham Royal Infirmary. 2. Rochdale Infirmary. 3. Manchester Royal Infirmary. 4. Manchester, St. Mary’s Hospitals (Whitworth Street West Branch). No information is received in this department of persons suffering from venereal diseases, in the Borough, from the Treat¬ ment Centres nor General Practitioners. Ihit, confidential information would he most important to the District Medical Officer of Health. Causes of Sickness. Ihe causes of sickness noteworthy in year were :— the District during the (a) Scarlet Fever which assumed an epidemic form in July and continued to the end of the year. Ihe greatest incidence was in November.