[Report 1946] / Medical Officer of Health, Eastbourne County Borough.

  • Eastbourne (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1946
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Credit: [Report 1946] / Medical Officer of Health, Eastbourne County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Z» FEVER. Tbs Sanatorium buildings provide, in five pavilions, accommodation for between 60 and 70 cases of infectious disease. The temporary pavilion, which was re-conditioned in 1939, was again used as the Scabies Out-Patient Treatment Centre. The Staff problem at this hospital was no better then in recent years. Fortunately, the number of cases of infectious disease requiring isolation hospital accommodation was again low: the few nurses available were just able to staff Hollins and Rowe Wards continuously, and Martin Ward was opened from time to time to deal with cases of scarlet fever. Though the pre-war agreement with Hailsham was not revived, cases were admitted from the area of that Authority whenever possible. 3* SMALL POX. The old Small Pox Hospital on the Crumbles was demolished in February of this present year. The Agreement with Hastings Corporation end the East Sussex Western Joint Sir^all Pox Board to receive any cases of small pox occurring in Eastbourne into their hospitals continued to operate. 4# TUBERCULOfIS. The Gildredge Hospital, situated within the Borough, at the foot of the Jj .'wns, provided accommodation for 12 mon and 12 women in cubicles, each containing two beds. 5. MATERNITY. The Maternity Home in Uppcrton Road provided accommodation for 23 cases in the following lay-out. Floor. No. of rooms. No. of beds Total Ground 2 in each room. 4 8 First 2 1 2 2 2 4 3 3 9 23 HOSPITALS NOT PROVIDED BY THE LOCAL AUTHORITY. Pfincess Alice Memorial Hospital provided 120 beds for acute Medical and Surgical cases. Leaf Hospital provided 31 beds for acute Medical and Surgical cases, including beds in 7 single rooms for private patients. All Saints Convalescent Hospital, Meads in pre-war days provided 200 beds for men and women convalescent cases in the main building and 100 beds for convalescent children in another block. .The children’s block, now known as St* Luke’s, is in use as a home for agod and inf inn. persons. The Royal Eye Hospital and the Ear Noso and Throat Hospital remained closed throughout the year. NURSING HOMES. Two Nursing Homes with 19 beds wore registered during 1946. At the end cf the year there were 11 nursing homes on the register, providing 100 beds* MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE. Births. The one thousand and eleven births which took place in the Borough l599~in 1945) were notified to the Department as follows: Maternity Homo Midwives 447 Domiciliary Midwives 239 St. Mary’s Hospital 164 Private Medical Practitioners 23 Other Midwives 31 Nursing Homes 33 Not Notified 22 Bell Hostel 12 1,011 Thirty still births v. ro also notified. ■8-