[Report 1939] / Medical Officer of Health, Beaminster R.D.C.

  • Beaminster (Dorset, England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1939
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Credit: [Report 1939] / Medical Officer of Health, Beaminster R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD. «■ Cowsheds and Dairies. No. of Persons on Register... .438 No. of dairies on Register.. , • VjJ CO No. of Inspections . . 704 No. of Inspections of Milk Shops .. 1 No. of Notices served . 285 No. complied with .. 209 Meat Supply. Carcases Inspected after Slaughter. Cattle 268, Calves 542, Sheep 837, Pigs 434- -Percentage of the number Inspected Infected with Tuberculosis, Cattle 11.9, Pigs 9*4 Food and Drugs. The County Council took 24 samples for analyses of various Foods and Drugs including 12 samples of milk. All these were satisfactory. INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES. There were 20 cases of Infectious Diseases notified. Diphtheria 2, Erysipelas 5, Scarlet Fever 6, Pneumonia 3, Pulmonary Tuberculosis 3, Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis 1. From the Schools were notified 7 cases of Ringworm, 8 of Impetigo, 84 of Influenza, l8 of German Measles, 17 of Chicken Pox, 2 of Mumps and 8 of Whooping Cough. No artificial immunization was provided against Diphtheria, and no Measles serum was used. Existing facilities for the typing of pneumococci are present in the County Laboratory. NOTIFIABLE DISEASES DURING THE YEAR 1939. 1 ‘ r Disease. Total | cases Notified Cases !Admitted to 1 Hospital l i i ! j Total Deaths 1 : ’ i Smallpox Nil Nil 1 » nh j Scarlet Fever 6 1 6 Nil 1 Diphtheria 2 | 1 Nil ! Enteric Fever(including Paratyphoid) Nil Nil Nil j Puerperal Fever Nil Nil Nil ! Puerperal Pyrexia 1—1 •H Nil Nil i Pneumonia 3 Nil Nil ! Erysipelas 5 j - Nil 1 l Nil ; 1 -3-