[Report 1943] / Medical Officer of Health, Minehead U.D.C.

Minehead (England). Urban District Council.

Date:: 1943

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Credit: [Report 1943] / Medical Officer of Health, Minehead U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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The.'.Minehead and/West 'Somerset Hospital, Vi'hioh deala v>;ith the medical and surgical casualties of the town and neighbour¬ hood, has been working to capacity under great diffioultios. ' ’ ■ ■' , The cleanliness of the juvenile population is of a high standard and their general health ,has been good. • ’ ‘ • 3cable s'‘ and pedicull' capitis have given little trouble, ' Diphtheria immunisation is carried out largely at the school clinic's and. is not hotlfied to the Medical Officer of Health. • ■ ' ' '' ‘ The general health of the population may be said to be satisfactory. ' ' W. BAIN, M.B. ,B^.S. ,Lond ♦ ' Medical Officer of Health. August 1944.