[Report 1948] / Medical Officer of Health, Colchester Borough.

  • Colchester (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1948
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Credit: [Report 1948] / Medical Officer of Health, Colchester Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The fall in the death rate is gratifying. It cannot be attri- buted to any single specific cause but is rather the expression -of a generally healthy year. The reduction is greatest in respect of cancer, heart disease and respiratory diseases. The ■tuberculosis death rate shows an increase over the previous year. FOOD POISONING. No notifications of cases of Food Poisoning were received 1 during the year, and no outbreak in or around the town was reported. LABORATORY, 1948. : Specimen and Examination. Positive. Negative. Total. 1 Urine, abnormalities 37 2,680 2,717 : Sputum for T.B. .... — 2 2 ! Milk for T.B 2 13 15 'Hair ?Ringworm .... — 1 1 Womit for Chemical 1 - 1 40 2,696 2,736 In addition 133 samples of water were bacteriologically ex- tamined. Samples Satisfactory Unsatisfactory Town Water Supply .... 88 88 - Well waters .... 42 30 12 Water from Bathing Pool 3 3- STAFF. The Senior Sanitary Inspector changed during the year, Mr. IL. H. England taking the place of Mr. A. Fisher in October. DIPHTHERIA IMMUNISATION CLINIC, 1948. -Age. Jan. Feb. Mar. ; April j Ct June 1 July . tb 9 1 'idag 1 Oct. ► o Dec. Totals 9/12—5 years ... 44 36 80 40 78 78 56 45 36 45 41 58 636 6—10 years 2 1 29 6 18 19 70 2 3 25 47 63 286 10—15 years ... — — 1 3 2 1 — 1 1 — — — 9 Adalts ... — — 1 1 Total 4fi 37 111 49 98 98 125 48 40 70 88 121 931 Rc-immunisecl—Under 5—111, 5-15—882, adult—1. Total—994. No child has died from diphtheria in Colchester in the six years 1943-48 inclusive.