[Report 1959] / Medical Officer of Health, Ulverston U.D.C.

Ulverston (England). Urban District Council.

Date:: 1959

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Credit: [Report 1959] / Medical Officer of Health, Ulverston U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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7, Housing Act, 1949 and Housing (Financial Provisions) Act, 1958 - Improvement Grants, etc* ■ ; No. of Schemes. 1 No. of dwelling houses or other buildings affected. Action during the year:- (a) Submitted by private individuals to i local authority 12 12 (b) Approved by local authority 12 12 (c) Submitted by local authority to Ministry Nil Nil (d) Finally approved by Ministry Nil Nil (e) Work completed (f ) Additional separate dwellings included 5 5 in (e) above Nil Nil 8, House Purchase and Housing Act, 1959 Standard Grants. -_____- No. of Dwellings No. of or other Schemes. buildings affected. Action during the year:- l (a) Submitted to local authority 12 12 j (b) Approved by local authority 12 12 (c) Work completed 2 2 1 t * . . .. -i, INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD, Information regarding the inspection of meat, shops, stalls, vehicles and places where food is prepared are given in the report of the Public Health Inspector, as also are particulars of registration under the Milk and Dairies Regulations, 1949—54 and the Ice Cream (Heat Treatment, etc) Regulations, 1947-52. There were no cases of food poisoning during the year. Notifications of Infectious Disease. Number of cases in year 1959 Number Removed Disease. ~T 1-954 1955 1956 ] 1957 1958 UJ. Cases l/U Hospital Deaths. Scarlet fever 12 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 Measles 98 46 5 30 337 139 0 0 Whooping cough 35 4 7 10 10 1 i-j 0 0 Poliomyelitis 1 6 0 1 .. 0 _ .. 0 0 Dysentery 0 0 0 1 11 ! 0 0 0 L-_- Para-typhoid fever 1 0 0 0 j__ 0 1 1 0 1 Meningococcal infection 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 j 0 1 0 Food poisoning 0 0 0 5 0 1 0 ! o 0 1- TOTALS r*1 | 147 i— 63 1 !~ 13 i | 48 360 j 142 i ! 1 i » 1 0 ! i i ! The outbreak of measles occurred during the fourth quarter of the year. -6-