[Report 1941] / Medical Officer of Health, Banbury Borough.

  • Banbury (Oxfordshire, England). Borough Council.
Date:
1941
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Credit: [Report 1941] / Medical Officer of Health, Banbury Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Diphtheria. 4 cases occurred ; all were admitted to hospital. 2 were school children and 2 under school age. Diphtheria Immunisation. A Diphtheria Immunisation Clinic is held at the School Clinic, Warwick Road on the first Wednesday of each month at 10.15 a.m. The following are the numbers immunised :— Estimated School Population ... 3500 Number immunised ... ... 2000 Percentage ... .... ... 74.3 Estimated Population under 5 ... 1500 Number immunised ... 471 Percentage ... 31.2 Cerebro-spinal Fever. One case occurred in the Borough, an elderly woman who was a patient at the Horton Hospital. The case was fatal. Typhoid Fever. One case occurred in an elderly woman, who was treated at the Horton Hospital. The faeces and widal reactions of the contacts were examined with negative results ; no source of infection was found and no further cases occurred. Laboratory Work. All public health laboratory work with the exception of water examinations is tarried out by the Emergency Public Health Labora- tory, South Parks Road, Oxford. Water examinations (chemical and bacteriological) are carried out by Messrs. Bostock Hill and Rigby, of Birmingham. Isolation Hospital. There is now a total of 31 beds in the hospital. The old block consists of 10 beds. The new cubicle block which was opened in 1938 consists of 6 cubicle beds. In 1941 a hutted ward was added by the Ministry of Health. This consists of 15 beds, 6 of which are in two- bedded cubicle wards, the remaining 9 in one ward. Local authotrities other than the Borough of Banbury and the Banbury Rural Districrt may send patients to this ward provided accommodation is available. The question of staffing has been a great difficulty during the year. It has never been possible to obtain more than one nurse in addition to the Matron, and there have been occasions when the Matron has had to run the hospital without any nursing assistance.