[Report 1968] / Medical Officer of Health, Ilkley U.D.C.

  • Ilkley (England). Urban District Council. nb2008024124.
Date:
1968
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Credit: [Report 1968] / Medical Officer of Health, Ilkley U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Males Females Total Prom all causes 153 Death rate per 1000 population 168 321 crude 16.3 adjusted (comparability factor 0.72) 11.7 COMPARATIVE STATISTICS Ilkley U.D. West Riding England & Wales Live births (adjusted) 16.0 17.6 16.9 Stillbirths 3.5 14 14 Infantile mortality 14 18 18 Total deaths (adjusted) 11.7 11.6 11.9 SECTION 11 GENERAL PROVISION OP HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AREA LOCAL HEALTH AUTHORITY SERVICES Services under Part III of the National Health Service Act 1946, and the Mental Health Act 1959, are provided by the West Riding County Council. The Urban District forms part of the County Health Division No. 5 of which your Medical Officer of Health is Divisional Medical Officer. Details of the work of the County services during i960 are given in an Appendix to the report. At the end of September a new Health Centre was opened in Springs Lane, adjacent to the Coronation Hospital. This provides accommodation for the whole of the domiciliary services for the township, both family doctor and local authority services being concentrated in the one building. The nearness of the Coronation Hospital means that additional diagnostic services, such as X-ray and pathological investigations are also available in one complex. Ambulance Service - This is available from the Menston Ambulance Station. Since the introduction of centralised radio control of the service all calls are made to the County Ambulance Headquarters at Bradford 682211. HOSPITAL SERVICES Ilkley lies within the Wharfedale Hospital Group area. Hospital care for the majority of cases is provided at Coronation Hospital, Ilkley, and Wharfedale General Hospital, Otley. More highly specialised investigations and major accident cases are dealt with in hospitals in Leeds and Bradford. St. Winifred’s Maternity Home, a general practitioner unit,provides accommodation for normal confinements. Geriatric cases are admitted to Middleton Hospital. Psychiatric cases are dealt with at Scalebor Park Hospital,Burley- in-Wharfedale.