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Child Welfare. 17
Housing Committee; the work under the other Public Health Acts
is reported to the Public Health Committee.
The two Health Visitors work the Notification of Births Act, do
Tuberculosis visitation, and work under the County as regards
Maternity and Child Welfare work, and School work.
The Maternity and Child Welfare Centre was initiated by the
Urban District Council in 1914, and taken; over by the County in
1917.
Tuberculosis Dispensary and Ward Treatment were also initiated
by the Urban District Council, the first in 1911, and the second in
1913, and taken over by the County in 1914.
The Midwives Act is administrated by the County.
The Hospital Staff consists of a Matron, a sister, 7 nurses,
7 domestics, and porter and portress, with gardener, boiler attendant,
handy man and assistant gardener.
ISOLATION HOSPITAL.
There were carried over from 1919 one case of Diphtheria, 18
cases of Scarlet Fever, and 12 cases of Tuberculosis.
The admissions were:—
Diphtheria, 75.
Septic Tonsillitis, 2.
Septicaemia, 1.
Scarlet Fever, 57.
Enteric Fever, 1.
Cellulitis, 1.
Measles, 5.
Otitis Media, 1.
Tuberculosis of the Lungs, 44.
Total Admissions, 187.
Deaths, 12 of Tuberculosis—(resident, 1; non-resident, n); 6 of
Diphtheria; Scarlet Fever, 1; Septicaemia of brain, 1. The large
number of deaths from tuberculosis is solely due to the advanced
stage of the disease oil admission.
The nursing and domestic arrangements and duties have been
satisfactorily carried out under the direction of the Matron (Miss
Pearson).