[Report 1968] / Medical Officer of Health, Brackley Borough.

  • Brackley (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1968
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Credit: [Report 1968] / Medical Officer of Health, Brackley Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Scr-rlGt I''GV3r;- l:''our c^'ses werG notified. This diser?,sG ccntinues to exliisit its mild phr.SGo Pneumonio;- Nr crses wsro notified -nd ono do^th ’■•-is rocordod from this illness. Pood Pcisonin There vrere no coses of food pois-nin'-^ reported during: the 50Gr. The condition is usu lly caused .'y one of the s^lmnnell-a orgonismS; the coiiimcnest being the '^yphiuuriuj.i strr.in cr Parc.-typhC'id .1 or j. The Str.phylococcus gaining on entry to feed frrm an infected spot or boil on the hands,, arms or face of ,a food handler racy also cause a severe form of food poisoning. Some chemical cent ami nr nts can he an occasional cause. Karo r.arely/ Typhoid fever and Botulism may occur. Ilcxfover the commonest form of food poisonin; is the salmonella gaining entry into food hy f.^ulty hygiene of food handlers. The sources of infection oan he nurner-us, uncooked oont:unin’'ted (often imported) meat being today probably one of the commonest. Infective Hep.atitis;- Sin causes were notified, .icute Infective Hepatitis is a, disease caused by a virus ’Arhich a,ttacks the liver the c-usos jaundice. It is mainly an infection of young pe' pie., of faecaJ-oral spread, md with an incubation period of 15 to 50 d-ys. The incriminative routes of infection .are from food h.^ndlers, water, and children tc their ..lothers. The virus is present in faeces 16 days before jaundice, and up to 8 da,ys after. Serum hepatitis v;hich is another f 'rai of infective hepatitis, has a longer incubation period of fr.;m 50 tc.' days .and affects mainly adults and can be sprea.d by blood tr<ansfusion and inefficiextly steralized eq7aipmcnt ’ased by docters, dentists, nurses .o.nd drug .addicts and in the various t'ttooing pr. cesses, The clinicaJ. groups c.f these two tyiDes -f hepatitis are indistin-.uishable. There is no specific treatment -and a jaundiced adult would b.e .awa,y frma work from six weeks tc tvao months, and might not feel re-ally fit for a year. Quar.antine measures are of little value, .:ind pr.tients can lie treated at home or in hospital pr^ovided .adequate hand vjashina; techniques are practised vrith current disinfection of excreta. Serum hepatitis can 1.'3 virtually abolished if disposa.l equipment vj.as generally introduced. In this C^untj- disposable equipment is used by the County Health. Department in all procedures involving i'nmunisataon. Gojruna ,gl..abulin is of vlue for tue protection of close contacts and pregn.-’nt women during epidemics. The dise'se h-^e been I'^C lly notifiohle since July 1?62 in the County f IT-rthamptonshire. Under the Health Services and Public Health -ict 1l68 'nfective jaundice has now become nati-vnally notifiable. Poliomyelitis;- No cases occurred. This gr-'‘.tifying st ite c'^ntinues, and n'0’.«r wit.i l-’rge numbers bimunised, it is to be h'ped th.-.t this infect . -n vrill be elinin.-'ted. However, the importance of maint''.inin.g .a high percentage of iimnranised indi’/iduals in the p pulatirin c-'nn t be over emph.-.sised. Di'ohtneria;- There h-a.ve been no c.'ises of diphtheria, in Northamptonshire since 1958. There is theref• re wj.t i every successive year of freedom from infect ..on a diminishing pul^lic rec_.llecticn f this disease, hv^thors with nc knowledge if this illness may feel a. fa^lse security and fo,il to h-'ve their young children ir.miunised. It is only by keeping up the numbers inmiunised ta.at this dre .d condition ca.n be kept .at bay. It is the duty of parents to .have their children immunised Should they fail they neglect their childrens v-relf-'ro. Tuberculosis;- There vrere no nevr cases of tuberculosis n.tified durin , the yeaar under revievr. The number of ca.ses on re/gister --.t the end of the yeor a.re '’s foll;;ws;- Lales I'em-los Total Pulmonary... ... .... ... ... Non-Pul.nc n''ry... .... ... ... Total .. ... ... .... ... ... 3 4 7 1 - 1 ..4 4 8 - '14