[Report 1923] / Medical Officer of Health, Fife County Council.

  • Fife (Scotland). County Council.
Date:
1923
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Credit: [Report 1923] / Medical Officer of Health, Fife County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    In addition to the above total, the Executive Tuberculosis Officer submitted 62 sputa, of which 14 or 22.6 per cent, were positive (tubercle bacillus) : 130 sputa were reported upon in 1922. The examination of suspected material under the Venereal Diseases Scheme is dealt with separately. Cupar Dunf. Kirk. St And. Nature of Specimen. Result. Dist. Dist. Dist. Dist. County. Throat Swabs for Positive 3 1 — — 4 evidence of Diph- theria Negative 4 17 4 4 29 Total 7 18 4 4 33 Blood for evidence Positive 1 1 1 3 of typhoid fever Negative 1 3 2 -— 6 Total 2 4 3 — 9 Sputum for evid- Positive 3 1 8 — 12 ence of tuber- culosis Negative 11 - 7 28 3 49 Total 14 8 36 3 61 | [ Positive 7 3 9 19 Total ... -< ) Negative j 16 27 34 7 84 i (Total 23 30 43 7 103 MILK SUPPLY. Comment was made in last year’s Annual Report on the Milk (Special Designations) Order, 1922 of the Board of Health. No application has yet been received within the County area to sell a designated milk. The dairies and byres throughout the Kirkcaldy District were visited, examined and reported upon regarding defects to the District Committee : all deficiencies were remedied. Cowsheds in other areas were visited as opportunity offered. The conditions under which milk is produced within Kirkcaldy District are more satisfactor}7 than in the other County Districts, the standard of cleanliness being generally higher.