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

  • Leek (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1945
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Credit: [Report 1945] / Medical Officer of Health, Leek U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    • • • « *• Deaths tt ft from Measles (all ages) ... !! Whooping Cough (all ages) , ,, .. Diarrhoea (under 2 years or age),„ 9 Nil Nil 1 PUBLIC HEALTH STAFF X. Medical Officer of Health (Part time) - Arthur Collis Hallowss, M.B., B.Ch. B.A.O. (T.C.Dub.)L.M.(Rotunda) X. Chief Sanitary Inspector - also Inspector under the Housing Acts, Factory and Workshops Act, Shops Acts and Petroleum Act - James Rowbotham, Assoc, M.C.T., M.S.I.A. X. Sanitary Inspector -- G, Ellis, M.S.I,A. Clerk - Miss A. M, Longbottom Engineer & Surveyor - J. A, Gilchrist, M,Inst, M. & Gy. E.> P.A.S.I., A.M.I. Struct,E. Sewage Works Manager - R, Newman, A.M. Inst. S.F. AMBULANCE FACILITIES. We have two vehicles used solely for this work. The Rolls Royce Ambulance is used chiefly for the removal of surgical cases, accidents etc., whilst the Austin Ambulance is used for Infectious Disease purposes. TABLE 1. Notifiable Diseases during the year Removed to Leek Isol¬ ation Hospital, Bagnall Smallpox Hospital or N. Not ifled Staff s. Infirmary. Deaths Scarlet Fever 17 17 100# Whooping Cough 36 Measles 60 Diphtheria 4 4 100# Pneumonia 5 Dysentery 2 Ophthalmia Neonatorum 2 German Measles 7 Cerebro Spinal Fever 2 2 100# T3B~ X. One half of salaries is contributed by Exchequer grants.