[Report 1926] / Medical Officer of Health, Halifax County Borough.

  • Halifax (England). County Borough Council. nb2008024085.
Date:
1926
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Credit: [Report 1926] / Medical Officer of Health, Halifax County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    General Provision of Health Services. (Arranged as required by the Ministry.) Hospitals provided or subsidised by the Corporation :— Tuberculosis*—The Sanatorium at Shelf provides accommo- dation for 25 early and 25 other cases. It is provided by the Halifax Corporation and receives cases from other districts, including Lancashire County and West Riding County. The Health Committee has a call on 10 beds at the Bermerside Residential School, and they are filled by children in the pre-tubercular stage, or by children suffering from tuberculosis of a non-infectious char- acter. Maternity Hospital—The Maternity Homes in connection with St. Luke’s Hospital and the Royal Halifax Infirmary appear amply to meet the needs of the town, but the arrangements by which the Corporation assisted persons to enter these institutions were not greatly used, and for the present no arrangement is in force. Hospital for Children*—The Education Committee has an arrangement with the Royal Halifax Infirmary with reference to operations on tonsils and adenoids, and the Maternity and Child Welfare Committee an arrange- ment with the same Institution for the treatment of Ophthalmia Neonatorum. Fever Hospital—The Corporation provides the Stoney Royd Fever Iiospital which admits cases of Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, Enteric and other fevers from Halifax, and from the areas of neighbouring Local Authorities. Accommodation for 52 cases. Small Pox—The Halifax Corporation maintains the Small Pox Hospital at Belle Vue, Mount Tabor, which has accommodation for 36 patients. This hospital is sub- sidised by the Brighouse .Joint Hospital Board and the Urban District Councils of Luddenden Foot, Midgley and Sowerby. Venereal Diseases.—The Corporation has an arrangement with the Royal Halifax Infirmary for both out-patient and in-patient treatment. See page 53.