[Report 1945] / Medical Officer of Health, Liskeard R.D.C.

  • Liskeard (England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1945
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Credit: [Report 1945] / Medical Officer of Health, Liskeard R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Nursing in the Home, C. General and Maternity. Local Nursing Associations provide Nurses who are Certified Midwives in co-operation with the Cornwall County Council. Practically the whole of the Rural District is covered by these Local Associa¬ tions. Membership of a Local Association costs only a small sum each year. I recommend very strongly all those in the Rural District who are not already mem¬ bers to approach either the Nurse or Local Secretary. It is with pleasure that I record the very excellent work carried out by the District Nurses in the area. Infectious. The District Nurses are forbidden to undertake the Nursing of Infectious Diseases. When necessary, these are treated at the Isolation Hospital, Truro. Minor Infectious Diseases are treated at the County Council’s Hospital at Newquay, when necessary. D. Clinic and Treatment Centres. No new Clinic or Treatment Centres have been opened in the Rural District during 1945. E. Hospitals. Public :—The Public Assistance Hospital, situated in the Borough of Liskeard, receives cases from the Rural District of Liskeard and elsewhere. Voluntary:—The Passmore Edwards Cottage Hospital, also situated in the Borough of Liskeard, has been used extensively by the inhabitants of the Rural District. This Hospital contains 27 beds (12 General—8 female and 4 male), 5 private wards, 3 emergency beds and 7 cots. 164 cases were treated as In-Patients. 11 of these were treated free. In the Out-Patients’ department 231 Patients were dealt with. In addition there were 466 Out-