[Report 1941] / Medical Officer of Health, Bolton County Borough.

  • Bolton (Greater Manchester, England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1941
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    6 Public Health Department, Civic Centre, Bolton. November, 1942. To the Chairman and Members of the Public Health Committee : Ladies and Gentlemen, I have the honour to present the Report for 1941, the seventieth Annual Report on the Health of Bolton. The scope of the Report 'has been greatly reduced, but there are sufficient data to make a general survey of health conditions and to estimate some of the effects of war conditions on the physical well-being of the people. There were 221 fewer deaths and 77 more births than in 1940, figures which show that there is an improved physical fitness in the third year of war. The death-rate was actually lower and the birth- rate higher than in the years 1937 and 1938. Although the general picture is pleasing there are one or two unsatisfactory patches. There was a substantial rise in the notifications of tuberculosis, with a particular increase m men between the ages of 20 and 35. Venereal disease was much more prevalent, 391 new cases receiving treatment in the Bolton Clinics, compared with 287 new cases in the previous year. It has been necessary to increase the number of sessions in the Clinics. The growth in the incidence of venereal disease is due to more casual and promiscuous sex relationships. A drive for the immunization of the child population against - diphtheria was commenced during the year under review. After a slow start progress has been reasonably satisfactory. At the time of writing 34-7% of the children under 5 and 51-5% of the children between 6 and 15 have been immunized. N 1