[Report 1941] / Medical Officer of Health, Dawlish U.D.C.

  • Dawlish (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1941
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    ANNUAL, REPORT-OF, MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH. • * . TOR THE YEAR 1941 v. ■■•' .. : r ... -i - ;■ ,• - ■r;j To Tho Chairman~ and Mefeibor s, Dawlish Urban District Council, -. p This report, the third of the War. period, is drawn up in .accordance with the MinistrJ ;of HGalth'Circulah''cTat6d^24th'vMarch, 1942,. which directs that it;:'Miali bo4 oh ;much^hb4sa^ilinos';^s.tho two previous ’Wartimo reporfsJ;ahd' confined; to ^dsontial ftiattors -affecting public 'health and in particular thosearising out of the Uar. ,;p-- .TO? ' INFECTIOUS DISEASE HBH k i _ iT,, . Altogether there were 149 chses, an •unprecedented number for Dawlish but not so serious as it would appear as. 13.1 wore Measles, ■ Apart. from that there was not much nrohe; t hah... usual * ■ -'As- Regards Diphtheria, the District was .very fortunate in'having only 8 cases,. 6 of which were Evacuees, as this--seribus 'disease was very prevalent in. surrounding districts, Two- of the bases .of Cerebro Spiral Fever 'were introduced from .without,, as■/ ' also were e'cases of'Typhoid and Paratyphoid, ; ../• TO1. e.v. • .k . ' TA37fI :QF NOTIFliiBLE DISEASES k’ TO.:P k, ■ . DISEASE,- * ' ; ' '.. tA&EfS, k HOSPITAL. - j ■ V ~T5eaths. Measles 131 0 t. ‘i TO ? 1 Diphtheria 8 8 1 Cerebro Spinal Fever 3 3 - Erysipelas 2- 0 mm Pneumonia 0 - Scarlet Fever 1 1 (ip mm Typhoid' Fever 1 1 mm Paratyphoid Fever 1 1 • *■* TUBERCULOSIS .yly “kip\l) Three cases .were notified during., the .year, one male, and f^o females, all pulmonary, P 'At tho end of thejyear, there were, about 50 ■iyfeorculous persons living' in the District^ the same number as the year before. There were four deaths from the disease, p •;xwo J.) .yrnTO rpyikk’: ■. ,- ' * IMTOWISATION AGAINST DIPHTHERIA ' ~ ' The prevalency..of the disease in'neighbouring Districts and the timely D- broadcasts; from the. Ministry--:: of Health produced1 ‘a -faily^encouraging response on the part of the parents to the offer of free immunisation, and the following figures wore the result:- All . - AHA - - —• .■Children whoocompletod the redijrse of two doses nuTOered 961*'; Devon Children under 5 years -- 64 Devon Children over 5 years - 447- Evacuees unde?? 5 years'- 62 Evacuees Over § years - 33^ ‘ Tho proportion of 'Devon .Children wit '.Were done was considerably higher than that of the Evacuees and taking into account those who were done a few years, ago, the. townAsheliild- ib-e fairly well protected, INFANT- ■•¥ELFARETOENTRE Though, owing to their return to London, there was a big drop in the attendance of Evacuees, that of the Devon Mothers and Children was very little below the average. -1-