[Report 1951] / Medical Officer of Health, Liskeard R.D.C.

  • Liskeard (England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1951
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Credit: [Report 1951] / Medical Officer of Health, Liskeard R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The following are details of new cases, case rates, and mortality from tuberculosis during 1951 New Cases. Deaths. Age Group. M. F. M. F. 0 — 1 - -, . _ 1 — 5 - - -. 5 — 15 2 1 __ _ 15 — 45 1 1 1 _ 45 — 65 1 1 2 _ 65 and over — 1 — — Rates per 1000 of population. Liskeard R.D. Health Area No. 7 England and Wales New cases 0.57 0.87 not stated All cases 3.48 5.00 not stated Deaths 0.21 0.24 0.31 At the end of 1951 there were 41 cases of respiratory tuber¬ culosis, and 8 cases of non-respiratory tuberculosis known to be resident in the Rural District. National Assistance Act. 1948. No action under Section 47 of this Act was required during 1951, though several cases coming within its scope were visited, and investigated. Water Supply. Progress on the trunk main from the St. Cleer reservoir to Polruan continued, and by the end of the year the greater part of the main had been laid and tested. It now appears that sometime in the late summer of 1952, a supply of pure treated water will become available in Polruan to replace the existing supply which is deficient in quantity and is of poor quality. This will mark the end of the first stage of the scheme, which depends for its further progress on the construction of new intake works on the upper reaches of the River Fowey, the laying of a new intake main to the St. Cleer reservoir, and the enlargement of treatment and storage facilities at that reservoir to deal with the much larger quantity of water which it will then be called upon to handle. Un¬ fortunately because of the restriction on capital expenditure, and the mounting cost of such work, the prospect of an early start being made on the next part of the scheme is very uncertain, and may be considerably delayed. Consequently those parts of the Rural District which want water badly may have to content themselves with a much longer period of waiting than seemed likely when the scheme was first mooted.