[Report 1943] / Medical Officer of Health, Blandford R.D.C.

  • Blandford Forum (England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1943
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Credit: [Report 1943] / Medical Officer of Health, Blandford R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    1 ' to' ' ~'~ ~>orfa of RTJR.;j^ lilSTRICT Of BLAnPFQRD, Meflieal Officeap’s Re^joapt for tho Year, 1943. To tlio Chcilrmon ond CoTanoilloro. Tlxo illnloter of Hocslth hao dlreotod tliat tho report for 194S shall QGQln bo abbreviated and confined to ODoantlol and nrf^ent matters and e.'^eptionnl a,dii4inlotrntlvG nennnroo. 7To QSko that inforf'antlon renardlnn tratcr cnjjjplloo ohall be InolndecU Statistics nro to bo prenorved Ijut not included In this interim report. With the e?t:ooption of mild influcnsa t imwcmal provalonoo of epidemic or ot5ier diooao year, and the liealth of the popjTsiation remain©' This Council’D old Ifxalation IlOqpitol hao oi becrinnlny of 1045 coaoed to bo used ao ouoho It io non roGorvo Smallpo:: hoGi)it.al for the County and io uood ao a Minor Ailment Isolation and treatment Centro. Scabieo )iqo boon the min dlDoaoo trotted. Severe oaoeo of tMo dlnoaoe and t3iooe not able to get outpatient treatment are admitted from nolch»3ourlnc diatrlcto ao noli ao froEi Bl.andford. Valuable help in the outpatient treatment of Scabieo esnd other verralnouo conditions liao aloo been rrlven by tho ilinor Ailment Clinic at Blan<1ford First Aid Foot. The thanJ^o of the Council are duo to tho nuroo in cJiarnc of tlie Clinic and Iier voluntary helpero. Tho follorrlny table ohouo the pronreoo made in Im mioation aealnst blphtherla. Ho case of tliio diooaoo occurred during tho year. Percentaf50 of child i>opulatlon im uniood on dates oIvDtTn. Dec. sept. »Tnno. Doe. ♦Tune. Doc. ACT) 1940. ifva. 1949. 1949. 1045. ia^.5. 5 to 15 years. 40.0;^. Go.o^; 70. a/a 01. 5/ 91.5/ 90. 7/ 0 to 5 years. 50. rxi 4G* 0/.'» 40.0^> 59.7/ 45. 5/ 09. SJS Inprovoment of the houolnc conditions becomes moro and moro an uryent reeulroaent. gator ^•ri.>ilett- Tlilrtoen parishes arc ^ rovidod, moot of them only partly, ulth piped rrater suiplleo, Slnh-teen porisSieo are not so provided. There are oLy piped oup2>lieo in the District, ounod and menaced, TTlth ono e3Soei)tion, by private con?ianloo or estates* The e.^ce!):)tlon ifl the Shroton ota^ply, a branch of tho SIiaftooTxiry Rural District CoTmcil’ o uator undcrtalilnc. Pour of the oui)pllo0 are small and throo of them are not very efficient. Sor^aos frora theoo tliroe indicate that tJio mallty of tholr uater is not alr;ayo a33ovo oucjjicion. All aro nominally constant oupplloo but in x'ractlco there is not olnayo a constant florr in parts of the cnnller supplies. Stamlelpeo are the usual 2'-roviolon. Fan oC tho TTorhlur class houses havo uator laid on inside the toaoe* The cs*©ater part of tho District is dei:)endent on uells and theoo bolnc all in challc formation clve a reasonably x>uro and usually sufficient siA.)ply» ]&i dry soasono liorrcver tlio