[Report 1956] / Medical Officer of Health, Poole Borough.

  • Poole (Dorset, England). Borough Council.
Date:
1956
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Credit: [Report 1956] / Medical Officer of Health, Poole Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Smallpox During the year l,472 children were vaccinated. In addition, 327 persons were re-vaccinated. Whooping Cough The number of children receiving courses of inoculation for whooping cough was II. In addition 342 children received the com¬ bined Diphtheria-Whooping Cough injections. Health Visiting During 1956 there were 10 Health Visitors and S Superintendent Health Visitor. Day Nurseries There is only one Day Nursery in the Borough, providing accom¬ modation for 50 children between the ages of 2 and 5. Admission is limited as far as practicable to the children of widowed, single, separated or divorced women, who must work to support their children. This service has been the responsibility of the Local Health Authority, Dorset County Council, since the 5th July, 1948. National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children The N.S.P.C.C. has a full-time Inspector for the Poole and East Dorset area. The Health Department has always found the Society’s Inspector very ready to co-operate in cases of medical neglect, and most helpful in following up such cases, and in dealing with difficult and careless parents. During 1956 the Inspector dealt with 72 cases. The number of children concerned in these cases was 190. Domestic Help Service. During the year the Poole Area Domestic Help Organiser supplied help to 285 cases, 46 domestic helps being employed. These domestic helps worked a total of 34,778 hours during the year. Prevention of Tuberculosis With the co-operation of the Director of the Mass Radiography Centre, special sessions for the chest X-Ray of expectant and nursing mothers and their husbands were held and during the year a total of 52 women attended.