[Report 1937] / Medical Officer of Health, Cirencester R.D.C.

  • Cirencester (England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1937
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Credit: [Report 1937] / Medical Officer of Health, Cirencester R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES IN THE AREA. These remain the same as in previous years. The enlarged Cirencester Memorial Hospital with its up-to-date scientific equipment is, as always, proving a great boon to the Rural District. It is also used as an out-station and for clinics. Fairford Hospital (lo beds about) also continues to do extremely good work, not only as a hospital but an out-station for School children and lor the holding of various clinics. FEVER. Cirencester Joint Hospital 14 beds (about). These are available for the Cirencester Urban District and Rural Districts. A motor ambulance was purchased in 1931. Cases from Tetbury and Northleach are also admitted. There are no hospitals in the district for Tuber- culosis, Maternity Cases or Smallpox. A hospital at Elmstone, near Hardwick, is provided for Smallpox cases. A motor ambulance is provided for non-infectious and accident cases, also a motor ambulance for infectious cases. The nursing is carried out by Nurses of the District Nursing Association, under the supervision of a full- time County Nurse. Very valuable work is done, in various ways, by the nurses.