[Report 1961] / Medical Officer of Health, Bridge-Blean R.D.C.

  • Bridge-Blean (England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1961
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Credit: [Report 1961] / Medical Officer of Health, Bridge-Blean R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    of home contacts may also be carried outo 14. The Health Visitor in her home visiting calls attention to any envirormiental factors in the case and our public healtri depart- ment then comes into action in housing inspection, reduction of overcrowding, support for rehousing and where requested to carry out disinfection. While the area is a designated one where tuberculosis cattle should not exist, routine biological tests of milk are still done, and in any case of siirgical or glandular tubercialosis would be done on the milk supply. 15. Finally the Chest Clinic provides an open session for Chest x-ray every Monday morning between 10.30 am and 12 noon at which any adult may attend either referred from a doctor, or as a personal routine, or clarify a doubt if risk of infection by chance contact has occurred. Every man over 40 with a cough or feeling run dom should take advantage of this service. Every courting couple should get a clear bill of health, A young man proposing marriage should present the lady v/ith his x-ray clearance and the young lady in accepting should produce hers, and each anniversary of this happy moment should be the occasion for a joint visit to the x-ray unit. 16. The household pets are not immune from our interest. On information received from a local Veterinary Surgeon that a house- dog had died from tuberm’’ the human contacts were visited and encouraged to obtain y-^xay clearance, lAfhile there was a certain scepticism of these new fangied ideas, the clearance removed a real anxiety from the minds of the people concerned, 17. Other matters - Progress on housing is included in Mr Brewster’s report, but I mention particularly the discussions v;hlch took place on St Mary’s flats Upstreet and the recommendation to you that those flats which are unfit should be closed and the rest of the accommodation run down until it can be demolished and the site redeveloped. This project is still under way with some differences of opinion with the County planning department on the redevelopment scheme, 18. One case of overcrowding, by the presence of a lodger and his five children which was not beyond the statutory limit but caused overcrowding in usage, was dealt with satisfactorily without recourse to legal action, 19. Some property in Adisham purchased by arrangement in order to effect slum clearance was satisfactorily dealt with and is being redeveloped. - 5 -