[Report 1973] / Medical Officer of Health, Middleton Borough.

  • Middleton (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1973
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Credit: [Report 1973] / Medical Officer of Health, Middleton Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    LABORATORY FACILITIES Blood specimens from the ante—natal clinics were sent either to the Pathology Department, Oldham and District General Hospital; The Serological Laboratory, Withington Hospital, or to the National Blood Transfusion Service, Royal Infirmary, Manchester® Otherwise practically all the routine specimens were sub¬ mitted to the Public Health Laboratory, Withington Hospital, Manchester, 20. During the past year the following specimens were submitted to the Public Health Laboratory for examination. Table A.12 Faeces Specimens 336 Thanks are due once again to the Director of the Public Health Laboratory and his staff for their ever-ready co-operation and practical help given to the Health Department. SWIMMING BATHS Middleton Corporation owns the sole swimming bath in the Borough. This was constructed in 1938, and consists of a large pool (100 ft. x 33 ft.) with a maximum depth of 10 ft. 3 ins., a smaller children's pool (30 ft. x 22 ft.) with a maximum depth of 3 ft., 4 hot and cold showers, changing accommodation and 4 chlorinated footbaths are provided from the dressing accommodation to the plunge baths. There are l6 slipper baths (8 females and 8 males). The baths are supplied with water from the town mains (West Pennine Water Board) and further treated by chlorination and sand filtration. During the winter months, the building is closed to bathers and used as a social centre. The slipper baths remain open throughout the year. HOSPITALS There are no hospitals situated in the Borough and patients are admitted to hospitals in the surrounding districts, chiefly Oldham and Manchester. NATIONAL ASSISTANCE ACTS, 1948 (SECTION 47) No action was taken under this Section during the year. DISPOSAL OF THE DEAD There are two Corporation controlled cemeteries in the Borough in addition to a small number of church burial grounds. The old cemetery (6J acres) is adjacent to the Parish Church near the centre of the town, while the New Cemetery (12 acres) lies on the edge of the Boarshaw Estate neo.r the eastern boundary. A total of 93 interments took place in those cemeteries in 1973 and a further 464 remains were cremated at the Borough Crematorium. The Medical Referee to the Crematorium is the Medical Officer of Health. MORTUARY During 1973 91 bodies were received in the town's Mortuary, which is a modern well-equipped building situated on Grimshaw Lane. >13-