[Report 1970] / Medical Officer of Health, Bognor Regis U.D.C.

  • Bognor Regis (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1970
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Credit: [Report 1970] / Medical Officer of Health, Bognor Regis U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TUBERCULOSIS (continued) The following statement shows the mortality from Tuberculosis (pulmonary and non-pulmonary) in Bognor Regis and in England and Wales during the last ten years ;- Year Deaths Death Rate per 1,000 of the population Bognor Regis England and Wales 1960 4 0.15 0.08 1961 3 0.11 0.07 1962 3 0.11 0.07 1963 1 0.04 0.06 1964 2 0.07 0.05 1965 2 0.07 0.05 1966 5 0.16 0.05 1967 2 0.06 0.04 1968 3 0.09 0.04 1969 2 0.06 0.04 1970 Nil ' - 0.03 Public Health (Prevention of Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1925 These regulations prohibit any one who is aware that he is suffering from Pulmonary Tuberculosis from being employed in connection with a dairy in any manner likely to create danger of infection of the milk. No action was necessary during 1970. Public Health Act, 1936 (Section 172) This Section relates to the compulsory removal to hospital of persons suffering from tuberculosis. No action was found necessary during the year. Bognor Regis Urban District Council Act, 1936 This statute gives the Council power on the recommendation of the Medical Officer of Health to prohibit persons in an advanced state of tuberculosis from cooking, preparing, or otherwise handling food. No action was found necessary during the year.