[Report 1945] / Medical Officer of Health, Beverley Borough.

  • Beverley (England). Borough Council. nb2013018795.
Date:
1945
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Credit: [Report 1945] / Medical Officer of Health, Beverley Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Total cases Cases admitted Total Disease. notified. to hospital. Deaths. Dysenteiy 1 Nil Nil Para Typhoid ... Nil Nil Nil Malaria Nil Nil' ... Nil Acute Poliomyelitis Nil Nil Nil Scabies 8 Nil Nil Encephalitis .... Nil Nil Nil Tuberculosis. Pulmonary Tuberculosis. There were 11 male and 5 female new cases^ as against 5 male and 3 female new cases in 1944. 5 male and 3 female cases died during the year. There were 2 male and 2 female non-piilmonary cases with 2 male and 2 female deaths, during the same period. Tuberculosis Grants (BeYerley Borough Eesidents). 2sumber of persons receiving grants at the beginning of 1945 ; ; 3 Number receiving grants at the end of 1945 ......... 4 Number of new cases who received grants during the year 4 Number in receipt of grants who returned to work .,. ^— Number in receipt of grants who died during the year 1 Number in receipt of grants who were still unable to work , 6 It will be noted that the warning against undue optimism over the reduction of new cases in 1944 has been justified, and this year’s increase is some indication of the lowered resistance of the population after the strain of six years of war. It appears, from the figures given above, that the limited object of the Tuberculosis Grant, which is to encourage the sufferer from Pulmonary Tuberculosis to persevere with treatment when there is a prospect of return to work, has not yet been achieved. War-time Nursery. During the year the Ministry of Health gave notice that the 100% grant for the Nursery was to be dis- continued. It was felt that the financial burden was too great for a small Authority to bear, and with great reluctance, in view gf the outstanding contribution made towards better health among the child community, the