[Report 1918] / Medical Officer of Health, Dudley County Borough.

  • Dudley (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1918
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Credit: [Report 1918] / Medical Officer of Health, Dudley County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    numbered 556, as compared with 786 in the previous year. During- the past year, 1918, only 8 deaths were registered from Measles, while in the previous year 48 deaths occurred from this cause, so that although there have been a considerable, number of cases, mortality from Measles has been low. The Health visitors have visited neiarly all the notified cases. I am ol opinion that the decreased Mortality from Measles is attributable largely to the increased care which the people now take when their children are attacked, the visits of the Health Visitors have certainly done much to insure this increased amount of care. BOROUGH ISOLATION HOSPITAL. Only one case of Enteric has been treated in the Hospital during the year, but it is always ready for any emergency case, and all the public disinfection of clothing and bedding is done there by the Steam Disinfector. Mr. Williams, the Disinfecting Olhcer, who is in charge of the Disinfecting Station at the Hospital, has now returned to his duties, after a period of mili- tar}^ service, followed by detention in Germany as a prisoner of war. During the year the Military Authorities suggested using the Hospital for a Military Post if necessary, but the Health Committee did not see their way tO' accede to their request. MIDWIVES’ ACTS. There are 14 Midwives upon the register, who practice in Dudley, but only 8 of these reside within the Borough; of these one is not practising as a Midwife, but acts as a Monthly Nurse; of the 7 women actually practising as Midwives, two receive an honorarium of ;^,25 per annum from the Corporation. During the year one Midwife, who was appointed by the Council to Netherton Vkird, died, and another, who was appointed tO' Holly Hall and Woodside, left in less than a month from the date of her appointment; every effort has been made to obtain two trained and certificated Midwives for these vacancies ; as no applications were received after repeated advertisement, I recommended the