[Report 1954] / Medical Officer of Health, Cheltenham Borough.

Cheltenham (England). Borough Council.

Date:: 1954

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Credit: [Report 1954] / Medical Officer of Health, Cheltenham Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS The examinations carried out during 1954 were as follows :— Numbers Examined Purposes of Examinations Borough County Superannuation Act 1937 and National Health Service (Superannuation) ... 72 46 Candidates for admission to Teachers Training College ... ... ... ... — 37 Candidates for Employment as Teachers ... ... — 13 Reports on Corporation Employees Prolonged Sick Leave, etc. ... 1 — 73 96 Total examinations 169 Health Education. Diphtheria Prophylaxis. During the autumn of each year it has been the practice to arrange a publicity campaign in order to draw the attention of the public to the continued importance of Diphtheria Immunisation. Owing, however, to the outbreak of Poliomyelitis all Diphtheria Immunisation ceased from August until the beginning of 1955 and it was not therefore possible to arrange this Campaign. At the end of the year when the outbreak of Poliomyelitis was diminishing arrangements were in hand for a Publicity Campaign to take place at the beginning of March 1955.