[Report 1940] / Medical Officer of Health, Bridport Borough.

  • Bridport (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1940
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Credit: [Report 1940] / Medical Officer of Health, Bridport Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    INSFECTIOIJ AyP SUPL'RVISION (C 'J^QOD. Oovrsheds pnd Delriee. No. of Persons on Heeister ... 26 No. of Dairies on Register.., Ij. No. of Inspections ” ... 27 No. of Inspections of Milk Shops ... 17 No. of Notices served ... 3 No. complied with ... 3 There is one Pasteurising Plant in the District. No,samples were tr^ken for the Phosphatase Test. Fourteen samples of Ordinary Milk were analysed. Three of these failed to pass the Accredited Standard. Meat Supply. ’ • / - . The Meat Supply comes from a Slaughter House in the Bridport Rural District where.all the slaughtering of animals is done for West Dorset and the moat is inspected at the Slaughter House by a Veterinary Surgeon. Foods and Drugs Act, Food Stores were regularly inspected. INFFOTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES. . An epidemic of Measles occurred during the year when 129 cases were notified. The number of Diphtheria cases was higher than the average -nd there were also 7 cases of Cerebro-Spinpl Fever. 'From, the Schools were notified 89 cases of Mumps, 168 cases of ’^erman Measles. Influenza was also prevalent in epidemic form. The Council agreed to provide artificial immunisation against Diphtheria, and a commencement was made in December, when 23 Pre- School and 237 Sch^-'l Children recc'..o;ed their first inoculation of 0.1 c.c. Alum Precioitated Toxoid (Eorroughs and Wellcome). Existing facilities for the typing of pneumococci are present in the County Laboratory. No Measles serum was used during the year. NOTIFIAPLS ^ivSEASFS DURING THE YEAR : 9^;0. Dis ease Tota Cases Notified 1 j 1 Cases jAdmit red to 1 Hosp'^tal t Total Deaths Smallpox 1 • • - —- • ! ““ 1 Scarlet Fever ... , ., ... ,.. 6 i 5 __ 1 Diphtheria ... .... ... ,,, 16 1 -5 1 Enteric Fever( including Para.typhoidj. - 1 - Puerperad Pyrexia. . — i - Pneumonia ... 1 j _ Erysipelas ... ... ... ... 1 i 1 1 Acute Fcliomyelitis - 1 1 1 1 Oohthalmip Neonatorum - 1 ■ - Who^uinsr Cousrh ... j Measles 129 1 1 ^