[Report 1954] / Medical Officer of Health, Leatherhead U.D.C.

  • Leatherhead (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1954
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Credit: [Report 1954] / Medical Officer of Health, Leatherhead U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    West Hill House, EPSOM, Surrey. July, 1955. To the Chairman and Members of the Leatherhead Urban District Council Ladies and Gentlemen, I have the honour to submit a report for the year 1954 which has been prepared in accordance with the Ministry of Health Circular 28/54, ■^e year can rightly be described as a healthy one in the Leatherhead Urban District for there were no serious epidemics, and the death-rate was one of the lowest yet recorded. . A less satisfactory feature was the rise in the number of infant deaths, though most of these were in premature infants or were duo to congenital defects, A rise was also recorded in the number of deaths from tuberculosis, thus breaking the steady fall of some years duration. The number of new cases revealed by notification remains at about the same level it held in the period 1934-1938. This result may seem disappointing, but it is in large part due to the greater efforts which are being made to diagnose the disease in its earliest stages and to the far larger numbers of people being subjected to radiography of the chest. The incidence of tuberculosis in school children is discussed in the report and an account of B.C.G. vaccination of school leavers .. * nost grateful for the continued support of the Council n.n matters affecting the improvement of the public health, and to the officers of the Council's staff for thoir help. I am, Mr, Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen, Your obedient Servant, CYRUS IVE. Medical Officer of Health. a)