[Report 1940] / Medical Officer of Health, Hartlepool Borough.

  • Hartlepool (England). Borough Council. nb2004301809.
Date:
1940
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Credit: [Report 1940] / Medical Officer of Health, Hartlepool Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    LIBRARY 3 0 R 0 U G- .i 0 F HART L E POOL. bomb ere- of the Public Health, Housing and !• 11torr_it;* and Chii1 Welfare Committees. 1940-41. Chairman - Councillor J.B. Graham, Deputy Chairman - Councillor C. Chambers. His Worship the Mayor (Alderman R.H. Carter, Alderman J» Yasey, J.P. Councillors J0 Beattie, TePo Carter, Go Davison. E.S. Gardner. Ed Jacques. J. Stevenson, Mrs. E. Emrnerson. (Serving only on * the Maternity & Child Welfare C ommittee) J.P. J.P.) Health Department, Frederic Street, HARTLEPOOL. To the Chsxr.iian-anr; Members of the Public Health, .1 beg go nub wit the 1940 Annual Report in which will be found ■ rruled out in the Health Department. As for Housi ■p o* p ■■ S x 0 o—.. _ Ha to mi' i'/i. * w hairr e o I: a di % ■ I be rr e> ,J n sub a summary o .£» .u t 1. he 0 0 1 939* the u ini Air Rai d Pm per oe int age of WY ti: time was de vox Z’J ■j which l a r e e qua ,11 AirJR .one o.i .0 J-‘C> or _’h € The he c It h .er remar ks.bly goo d . r. ■ spent ; mart ■ hou dw: in by •giene. 7b nx hi a aid Child Welfare Committees. Health request an abbreviated report. Air Raid Precautions work accounted for an unduly high in •• 919 and during 1940 a similar amount of b, at.the expense of the health aspect of my duties, import ant,, Dif'fi culties extent been remedied, but there still remains a small percentage of shelters 'here the requisite standards of health are far from being complied withog 1 an bound to draw your attention to this matter, a Voce not only meat r /duller be *safe:: but it should be constructed, 3quipped and o Ti'ic i- \tly supervised in such a way that a satisfactory be maintained at all times. Yital stati LCSs .'trie no comment upon, in this matter, during 1940, .. t.u, ' .l'V’V/eel an increase, this unfortunate state of iners.wcu While the u ..... ... ... , affairs loulc. . e .. :n:. iortod to a large extent, to the relative increase ir the numberc o.V deaths in the later age groups of life. Coned-heriry cue abn.vorir.al. war-time conditions under which people had to live, vo cur rb/crb the state of affairs in the health spher smg sail a/:'net*. . .> It is true that an Epidemic of Measles ature. The same could not be said resulted in some hundreds of men, and despite all measures taken the 'curl very slowly and has not so far been reduced Unless and until the etc o r ed b v.x bale ; of a mild of the out ...■ ,. of 3-cab: o,o v/nic women ano. children beii infact : .v aiter S j.1. facted ou.brdo 1 very to any t hi .g . :‘.r.e e sjt.s factory