[Report 1939] / Medical Officer of Health, Stratford-upon-Avon Borough, Straford-upon-Avon R.D.C., Shipston-upon-Stour R.D.C.

  • Stratford-upon-Avon (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1939
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Credit: [Report 1939] / Medical Officer of Health, Stratford-upon-Avon Borough, Straford-upon-Avon R.D.C., Shipston-upon-Stour R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The Districts being scheduled as reception areas received a large influx of evacuees, official and otherwise, principally from the Cities of Birmingham and Coventry. The condition of these children on arrival was very unsatisfactory. Many were found to he verminous and suffering from contagious diseases or to he in a general state of uncleanliness. This resulted in considerable extra work being thrown upon the Public Health services - the School Clinics and Infant Welfare Centres in particular and.,'to a lesser extent, upon the Isolation Hospital, Incidence of Infectious Disease. During the last three months of the year, Measles and Whooping Cough were added to the list of Notifiable Infectious Diseases. There was a considerable outbreak of Measles in the Shipston-on-Stour Rural District, 117 cases being notified. With this exception the incidence of Infectious Disease has been about the average. Practically all cases, with the exception of measles, Whooping Cough and Pneumonia, were admitted to the Isolation Hospital. There was one death from Diphtheria, all the cases making good recoveries