[Report 1945] / Medical Officer of Health, Worsbrough U.D.C.

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

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    Nursing in the Home. There is in the district a private organisation known as the “Cooper and Worsborough District Nursing Associa¬ tion” which is affiliated with the Queen Victoria’s Jubilee Institute for Nurses. The Association employed 2 nurses for part of .the year and now one and provides skilled nursing for those who are unable to employ a private nurse. The Association consists of subscribers, but nursing is provided free to non-subscribers at the discretion of its Executive Committee in cases of necessity. Child Welfare and Ante-Natal Services. A Child Welfare Centre is provided by the County Council at each of the following centres : Worsborough Bridge, Worsborough Dale, Birdwell and Blacker Hill. All these clinics are well attended and are doing good work. Ante-Natal Clinics are held at the centres below on the days shewn : Worsborough Bridge, Worsborough Dale - Alternate Tuesday afternoons. Birdwell - Fortnightly, Friday afternoons. Hospitals. (1) General Infectious Diseases. The Wath Wood Isolation Hospital is for the recep¬ tion and treatment of ordinary infectious diseases. It is owned and maintained jointly by the Wath-on-Dearne, Swinton, Dearne, Hoyland and Worsborough Urban Dis¬ tricts, and also the Rotherham Rural District Council, the latter authority sending patients from the north part of their district only. The hospital is controlled by the Wath, Swinton and District Joint Hospital Board, which is com¬ posed of members from the authorities named. By arrangement with Rawmarsh, Swallownest and Wath Wood, a joint hospital at Brampton Lemorgan is available for the treatment of smallpox cases.