[Report 1955] / Medical Officer of Health, Alsager U.D.C.

  • Alsager (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1955
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    MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH - H.P. HARPUR, M.D., (Died 5th January,1956) Lo. RICH j M# j, Che Bo jMoR« C* 0» Gt , D.PcH«(Appointed SURVEYOR AND SANITARY INSPECTOR - Sc HAIGH, C.R.S.I. , M.S.I.A. To the Chairman and Members of the Alsager Urban District Council, Mr* Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen, I have the honour to present to you the Annual Report on the Health and Sanitary Circumstances of the Urban District for the year 1955. It is with deep regret that I have to record the death of Dr, H.P. Harpur, M«D. , your late Medical Officer of Health who would in normal circumstances be presenting this report. His services to the District are well known, and he will be very much missed. During the year, there were 130 cases of Measles notified, but no cases of Whooping Cough or Scarlet Fever are recorded. There has been an increase in the estimated population of over 200, despite the fall in the birth rate. It is also satisfactory to record that there has been no death of a mother in child-birth. In a survey, carried out by the Surveyor and Sanitary Inspector, to assess the number of houses unfit for human habitation and suitable for inclusion in Slum Clearance, Alsager has the proud distinction of having no such areas of properties within its boundaries. Apart from a very few individual unfit houses, the standard of housing in the Urban District is remarkably higjh. I wish to thank your Clerk and the members of his Staff for the assistance they have rendered to me in the compilation of this report, and particularly to your Surveyor and Sanitary Inspector, Mr, Haigh, without whose help, I certainly could not have been in the position to present this Annual Report. I beg to remain, Your obedient Servant, L, RICH, Medical Officer of Health. The figures in brackets throughout this report are for 1954*