[Report 1911] / Medical Officer of Health, Bilston U.D.C.

  • Bilston (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1911
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Credit: [Report 1911] / Medical Officer of Health, Bilston U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Infectious Diseases Hospital —At the end of 1910 five patients remained in tlie Hospital, and 53 wei'e received dnriny the year, 15 of wliom were under 5 years of aoe. Fifty-one were dis- charg-eci cured after an averag-e period of detention of 49 daws, 4 died, leaving 3 in at the end of the year. From July 7th, 1906, when the present Hospital was opened, to the end of 191 1, 413 patients were admitted, (an average of 75 per annum) and only 14, or 3'3 per cent., died. The staff is very small, too small for the size of the Hospital and the number of patients treated, and its members have always shown much self- sacrifice, and have ever been ready willingly to meet extra demands upon their service. A discharging block and an observation ward require to he added, as well as additional accommodalit)n for the Staff, which should be increased. The Laundry, also, is much too small for its purpose. The County Medical Officer of Health has made an official inspection under the powers given in the Housing and Town Planning Act, but as yet no report has been received Disinfecting Apparatus •—The disinfector (high pressure steam) has again been of great service, and has been put into use on 105 separate occasions during the year; 70 beds and 1.436 articles of clothing or bedding having been disinfected. By the kind assistance of the Surveyor 1 am enabled to furnish the following particulars with regard to Meteorology, Sewage Disposal, and Water Supply. Meteorology —The total rainfall for the year ending' Decem- ber 31st, 1911, was 20'82 inches (153 rainv days), as compared with 29'54 inches in the previous year, 25'99 in 1909, 27 67 in 1908, and 28'81 in 1907. The monthly returns of the rainfall during 1911, recorded by the gauge at the Council’s Sewage Works at the Lunt, are given in the following table, together with the averages for the past 10 years. Monti). Total liainlull I'or the niont.li in inches. No. ol' da^'s on wliicli i-aiii fell. Ureatest fall in 1 day. 1911. 1 Av’ge fol- io 3’eai-.s. 1911 Av’ge fo*' 10 yeai-s- 1911. .finmiirv ! -77 1-60 11 14 -30 feliniiuy . ...i 1-59 1 69 14 1.6 -29 .M.ai'cl) • l't)8 2-OS 18 16 •47 Ajiiil •95 ] -73 8 11 •28 'ti? 2-17 8 16 •36 •Jtnie •■•i 2 06 2-14 12 12 •73 .Inly ■■■' -27 1 -87 •1 10 •14 August ■ ■•I 1-94 3-41 9 16 •68 8oiiteiiil)cu- ... . 1 ] ■;>•) 1 -77 9 12 •31 Oi'toliei' 1-79 3-1,0 17 19 •26 NovcTDher ... Deceiiitiei' ... • 2-43 ■ .| O'M 2 24 2-6') 18 2.0 1.6 18 •41 •78 Total 1 20-82 26-60 1.63 176