[Report 1966] / Medical Officer of Health, Totnes Borough.

  • Totnes (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1966
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Credit: [Report 1966] / Medical Officer of Health, Totnes Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    2 INFECTIOUS DISEASES Very few infectious diseases were notified during the year, the largest number being 5 cases of Whooping Cough. A total of 218 persons were vaccinated by their doctors before travelling abroad and their smallpox vaccination certificates were authenticated'1 by the Public Health Department. GENERAL HEALTH The functioning of the Borough's sewage disposal works again was troublesome and a Report by Consulting Engineers is anxiously awaited. The throughput at the Bacon Factory continues at a high level and the Inspectors spent a great deal of time on meat inspection. Satisfactory progress was made in connection with substandard houses. Nine properties were the subject of a Clearance Area and three other properties were Closed for human habitation. Improvement Grants were made in respect of fifteen properties. NATIONAL ASSISTANCE ACTS 1948 and 1931 No action was necessary under these Acts for the compulsory removal of persons in need of care and. attention. No burials took place under Section 50 of the 1948 Act. In conclusion I wish to thank the Members of the Borough Council and their staff for the kind way I have been received. John Wildman Medical Officer of Health October, 1967.