[Report 1957] / Medical Officer of Health, Leek U.D.C.

  • Leek (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1957
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Credit: [Report 1957] / Medical Officer of Health, Leek U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Sniiic aiit lioril ics spend an inefedilde anionnt of time ti’aeine cDiilaels ()l cases. 'I'liis is inipnssil>le in a small authority witli limited sl.alT, tind I donht if .any worth wdiile results ;n'e ohtidned ,an,\\v.ay. It is vei'y saiisi’\ine' to do Riadi inteiisi'/e triudn^^of eon- taels, Imt ;i I ! e.a It h I tep.ai t meiil must he pi'aet iea I. hence oiir ))i'ael i(a‘ is to do I raeine ()l :dI imnlediate eont;icts oidy, and isolale Vi hel'e laaplired, \ .ai'ions e.ases of aeiile poliomyelitis oeenrred in the neieh- honriny | Inr.d I list I'iets of Leek and ('headle. immmiisation .ayainst diphtheri.a in the scdiools .and elinics of I aad; w.as sns|)ended from -Inly until ;dmn fiaa' dii)htheria pro]>hyl.ai-t ii- (aiidd he ohtidned alum (amtainine pi'oph\laet ie does piaalispose to ])aI'alysis, if a pei'son when iiioenlateil is in the eiu'lv sfipyes of iniMihation of acute poliomyeiit is. Tfinsil and adenoid ojiia'alions wi'fe siispimihal from -July until \ovemhei-. The local pri'Ss wei'e k'e]if infmaned of all caises, and ad\'i(a' w.i.> eiveii to sidiools aial the yenei'al pnhiie on jiiaaai nt ions to take ayainsf thic disease. Tlie (aises whiidi have oeemaaal in the pasf few years in I iiadc are: I'.I.Kl', nil; I'.l.H, 1(1; I'.I.Vd, nil; I'.kT!, I; lOdl/'i; lO.'i.), nil; in.fn, 1. 1 would like to remai’k upon tin* very ereat co-operation yiven hy the Ihadcnall Infeidious DiseaSi's Ilos])ital. whose i\fedi(ail Sniieianteiiilent is Dr. (1. Li. IT'own. Acute Pneumonia ])rodneed the laree mmihcM' of eases. 17 of these were* in the last (piartc'r of the year, and the third (piarter was clear of the disease. A^es vai'ied from 7 over (m to 1 o''d wairs. Food Poisoning. 7 notifications were taaadved, hut only :l of these were confirmed. The first e-fonp notified consisted of 1 numd)(a's of one family notified in early .Marcdi. They were shown to he chair of the disease. In Auanst, a irl of l‘i was notified as a case, and tliis was confirmed liv Diadoiall Hospital whiwe slie had heeii admitted for tnaitment. The oi'e-aidsm concermal was Salmomdla saint ]')aul. On iiiN'cst iyatinc’ the contacts, lier hrother ayed t) yiairs \\':is lound to he carrvine; the same oreanism, hnt this was the only carrier of the 1(1 immediate contaids. 2 nm'elated cases wi'i'e notified in Xov.mda'r—a male of .id in wliom the ora-aiiism \\'as Salmonella saint paid, and secondly a female of ‘J(t in wdiom the organism was Salmonella rc'iidiny. The contacts of this second case—a man ayed 21 A\ho workeil in a j:rocer\' warehouse and a woman of •l.’i were lound to he carriers ol the same organism, d’lie male was exidiided from lood hanilline' until ney'ati\-e faeces sjieidmens had heeii ohtained. In no ease of food poisoning was it possihh' to find any lood incriminated as a caiisi' of the initial case. Diphtheria. Xo case of dildit heria was notified in Itt.ii. 1 h(‘ emphasis is constantly upon its previmtion hy immimisaf ion. A Id