[Report 1948] / Medical Officer of Health, Ilminster U.D.C.

  • Ilminster (England). Urban District Council. nb2006013900.
Date:
1948
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Credit: [Report 1948] / Medical Officer of Health, Ilminster U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    w. *->KAR^ URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL OF IL1IIN 3TER. ANNUAL REPORT 0/ XlYICAT, OFFICER OF HEALTH. for the yearj>nding 31st December, :-8 To the Ilrninster Urban District Council. Hr. Chairman and Gentlemen, I have the honour to present my Annual Report of the Sanitary Conditions of the Ilrninster Urban District for the year 1948. During the year there was practically no unemployment in the district, and a number of people from the surrounding Rural area also found work in the town. INFECTIOUS DISEASE. The District was very free from Infectious Disease during the past year and the usual outbreak of Influenza and Respiratory Tatarrah which usually occurs to some degree in the early months of T.ie year was only slight. NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASE OTHER THAN TUBErCIJLOSIS. Number of Cases Cases admitted to Total disease Notified c Hospital. Deaths, Leasies. 2 - Uhooping Cough. 6 — - Pneumonia. 1 ~ TUBERCULOSIS. Total Cases Total Deaths. Notified. Respiratory. 2 — Non-Respiratory. 2 SCABIES. No Cases came to my notice during 1948. VITAL STATISTICS. LIVE BIRTHS. Male. Female. Total, 31 23 Legitimate. 31 23 Illegitimate. — STILL BIRTHS. Mai e. Female Total. 1 • * Legitimate. 1 — 11legitimate. - — Total. Legitimate. Illegitimate; DEATHS OF INFANTS UNDER ONE YEAR, Hale. 2 Female. 1 1 All under one week