[Report 1935] / Medical Officer of Health, Newark Borough, Southwell R.D.C., Newark R.D.C.

  • Newark-on-Trent (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1935
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Credit: [Report 1935] / Medical Officer of Health, Newark Borough, Southwell R.D.C., Newark R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    There is no doubt that the incidence of so few cases of Zymotic disease is accounted for by pure water supply, and efficient and up to date sanitation. SUMMARY OF NURSING ARRANGEMENTS Hospitals and other Institutions available for the District No provision is made by the County Council for professional nursing in the home, of either general or infectious cases. Midwives.—There are 14 Midwives practising in the Southwell Rural District. They are not subsidized by the County Council. Clinics and Treatment Centres.—There are two Child Welfare Centres in the Southwell Rural District. One is at Southwell and is open once a fortnight on Thursdays Irom 2.30 to 4.30 p.m. and the other is at Edwinstowe and is open every fortnight on Tues¬ days, from 2-30 to 5-30 p.m. Hospitals provided by the Local Authority.—There is a separate building provided for the isolation and treatment of Diphtheria cases. This building has evidently at one time consisted of 2 cottages, which have been knocked into one. Up to the moment it has provided ample accommodation for the needs of the Southwell Rural District in spite of the rapidity of increase in population during the last 10 years. The Nottinghamshire County Council has a projected scheme for building a central isolation hospital to meet the needs of the whole County, with regard to the isolation and treatment of cases of infectious disease. The Isolation Hospitals already in existence for the Southwell Rural District have well served their purpose and at no time during the last 12 years has the accommodation of either been taxed to more than 50 per cent capacity.