[Report 1945] / Medical Officer of Health, North Walsham U.D.C.

  • North Walsham (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1945
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    NORTH MALAHAM DURBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL ANNUAL REPORT OF THE' MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH FQr> TTT^ YEAR 1Q4S To The Chairman and Members of the North Walsharr Urban District Council Gentleman, I hav° pleasure in presenting to you my Annual Report for the year 1945* As in the previous six years th^ Minister of Health has decided that only an interim report should be made. Notifiable Disease returns sho three cases of Lobar Pneumonia (two in soldiers- twenty one cases of Whooping Cough, fifteen cases of 8carlet F^ver (one on a soldier and one in a NAAFI worker) thirty two cases of Measles, one case of Cerebro Spihal Meningitis (in a Soldier) and one case of Puerperal Pyrexia. Two infants of und»r one year died of whoopiny cough. The number of deaths totalled 57 «8 against 50 for the previous year - four deaths occurring in infants under one year of age,Two stil1 Jflwxtk* Births were recorded as against seven for I94/! There was no change in either personnel or equipment of the Health Services in the Area, No new case of Tuberculosis was reported inthe year, neither was there any death from this disease. The number of live Births was 56 as against in the previous year, 29 were males and 27 females; 6 males and 2 females were illegitimate as compared with 2 males and 2 females in the previous year. The estimated population of North Walsham is 409^* The percentage of bhildren inoculated against Diptheria still remains at a high figure. This is most gratifying and once more it is my great pleasure to appreciate the sensible reactions of parents to the remarks on this important matter in my Annual Report of the past four years. The mortality rate of Diptheria throughout the country still continues to drop; to increase this drop we must persist with immunisation. The North walsham Urban District Couhcil have under consideration a plan h^r^by the water supply of the town will be doubled. I am Gentlemen, Your obedient servant HENRY MORRISON Medical Officer of Health 2Qth June 1946