[Report 1939] / Medical Officer of Health, Boston Borough and Port Health Authority.

  • Boston (England). Borough Council. nb2007025323.
Date:
1939
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Credit: [Report 1939] / Medical Officer of Health, Boston Borough and Port Health Authority. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    9 HOSPITALS The hospital arrangements outlined in my last Annual Report remained unchanged during 1939, but in the event of an emergency the Hospitals and Institutions listed below, which are included in the County Emergency Hospital Scheme, will operate as required on the instructions of the Regional Hospital Officer of the Ministry of Health Boston General Hospital* : Holland Sanatorium, Boston* County of Holland Joint Isolation Hospital* Johnson Hospital, Spalding. Boston Public Assistance Institution* Spalding Public Assistance Institution, Boston Casual Wards. Holbeach Casual Wards, 3. MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE Midwifery Service,*- The Holland County Council is the Super- vising Authority for the Borough under the Midwives Act, 1936, Maternity Services. ~~ ~ ) Institutional Treatment for Mothers, ) Health Visitors^ * ) Cfhlld Life Protect ion. ' ) Arrangements for Debtal. Orthopaedic and other cases.) Arrangements in connection with all the above services remained unchanged during the year. All have functioned very satisfactorily, and records kept shew that increased advantage continues to be taken of the facilities available, BOSTON INFANT WELFARE CENTRE. The Infant Welfare Centre has continued to carry out valuable work during the year under review, although the scope of this work has been much handicapped as a result of the unsuitability of the premises. It has of course been found necessary, following the outbreak of War, to abandon the scheme for the provision of a new Polyclinic, and to continue the present inconvenient arrangements for the time being. Attendances at the Welfare Centre have remained much the same as for the previous year, as also have the figures relating to the supply of dried and liquid milk free or at cost price.