[Report 1948] / Medical Officer of Health, Sherborne U.D.C. / Town.

  • Sherborne (Dorset, England). Town Council.
Date:
1948
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Credit: [Report 1948] / Medical Officer of Health, Sherborne U.D.C. / Town. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    4 t D. NOTIFIABLE DISEASE (OTHER THAN TUBERCULOSIS) Incidence - Disease. Total Gases Notified. Gases Admitted to Hospital. Total Deaths. Measles Puerperal Pyrexia Lobar Pneumonia Whooping cough Meningococcal Meningitis Scarletina Sonne Dysentery 6 1 1 3 1 1 1 Tuberculosis New Gases Notified Respiratory. Non-RespTratory. Deaths Respiratory. Non-Respiratory 8 1 2 new cases of pulmonary tuberculosis occurred amongst the clerical staff of the Urban District Council. As a precautionary measure the chests of the remaining members of the staff working in the Council Offices were x-rayed. The results proved negative and therefore satisfactory. It is happy to record in this connection that the Council took a wise step in transferring its offices to new premises which are more congenial and more healthy than those previously occupied. NOEL F. PEARSON Medical Officer of Health,