[Report 1970] / Medical Officer of Health, Pershore R.D.C.

  • Pershore (England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1970
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    ANNUAL ALPORT FOR THE YUMI 1970 TO Till] CHAIRMAN AMD ISIB'JKS OF TIL] PLRSHOR RUR1L DISTRICT COUMCIL Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen, I have much pleasure in presenting my Annual Report on the state of the Public Health in the Rural District of Pershoro for the year 1970, and the work carried out by your Public Health Department. As was the case in the previous year, the statistics indicate a generally satisfactory state of health in the District. The estimated population shows an increase of 200 on the figure for the previous year. Those estimates are based on the 1961 Census, and will become more precise when we have the results of the 1971 Census, which will also give us more accurate figures for the populations of the various Parishes. The birth rate was above the average for Mngland and Dales, and the standardised death rate was below the national average. \7ith regard to infectious diseases, there was a substantial drop in the notifications of infectious jaundice, only 6 ca.ses being notified, compared with 56 in 1969. There was, however, an increase in the notifications of measles, 105, compared with only 2 in 1969* Only one case of tuberculosis was notified, and the slow downward trend in the total number of cases on the register has been maintained: I960 1961 1962 1965 1964 1969 96 92 82 76 37 35 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 35 34 32 34 27 I gratefully acknowledge the assistance I have received from the Chief Public Health Inspector, I-Ir. R.C4. V/arren, and his staff, in the preparation of this report, and I should like to thank you, Mr. Chairman, and Members of the Council and their Officers for their co-operation during the year. I am, Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen, Your obedient Servant, D.L. THOMPSON, O.B.M., M.3. B.Cli,, D.P.H. Medical Officer of Health.