[Report 1939] / Medical Officer of Health, Crewe Borough.

  • Crewe (Crewe and Nantwich, England). Borough Council.
Date:
1939
Catalogue details

Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

Credit: [Report 1939] / Medical Officer of Health, Crewe Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

    3/4
    -2- Water. D-aring the year 400,710,427 gallons wore supolled F5~tK.o Corporation for the use of the town, sp proxlmately 2< „C . ^®^^°6%irya?S°o/water^mains were laid during the period under reviev/. Prevalence of Infeotious Disease,. No outbreaks of infectious diJeaFe otcurrod during the year. The inoidenoo of all notifialDle diseases being v/ell belov/ tlie average, INSPECTION AHD SUPERVISION OF FOOD. No appreciable alteration haS been year with the exception that the adminis ra i I Drugs (Adulteration) Act, 1928, which was carried ^ County cUncil to the 30th September, 1939, is now administered by the Town Council» Milk* 196 persons are registered to sell 'and~ehicles', an additional 123 persons are registered to sell sealed bottled milk only. -rn-p During the year 169 samples of milk were taken for bacteriological and inoculation tests. oaTnnlpq e-ave The bacteriological count shewed that 24 samples gS-V less ?han sIoS bnotfria per millilitre, 69 gave between 5000 and 30,000, 38 gave between 30,000 and 100,000, and “ S more than 100,000. Bacillus Coll were found in 50 samp]®s. Conclusion. Crewe is a neutral area and^as juch^^has^not suffered' from the disturbances produced by ^ recention. It has, however, had an appreciable in nomlation and this is reflected in the increase of n houses Srected during the year - 567 as compared nth 236 in 1938.^^^ interests of economy this report ^ . abbreviated as much as possible. Pull t'oeor ® statistics are being kept for use after the war is ®'i®^'hbose record of work done which do not 'iiff®i:“®terially from those reoor In previous years have been omitted from this interim report• I am. Ladies and Gentlemen, Yours faithfully, J.D.INGRAM. Medical Officer of Health*