[Report 1946] / Medical Officer of Health, Liskeard R.D.C.

Liskeard (England). Rural District Council.

Date:: 1946

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Credit: [Report 1946] / Medical Officer of Health, Liskeard R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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D. Clinic and Treatment Centres. No new Clinic or Treatment Centres have been opened in the Rural District during 1946. E. Hospitals. Public—The Public Assistance Hospital, situated in the Borough of Liskeard, receives cases from the Rural District of Liskeard and elsewhere. Voluntary—The Passmore Edwards Cottage Hospital, also situated in the Borough of Liskeard, has been used extensively by the inhabitants of the Rural District. This Hospital contains 27 beds (12 general—8 female and 4 male), 5 private wards, 3 emer¬ gency beds and 7 cots. 174 patients were treated during 1946 and there were 264 out-patients. 80 operations were carried out under anaesthetics.