[Report 1958] / Medical Officer of Health, Oswestry Borough.

  • Oswestry (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1958
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Credit: [Report 1958] / Medical Officer of Health, Oswestry Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TO THE MAYOR, ALDERIVIEN, AND COUNCILLORS OF THE OSWESTRY BOROUGH COUNCIL _ Mr, Mayor, Aldermen, and Councillors, I have the honour to present for your perusal the Annual Report on ! j the work of the Public Health Department during 1958* l I The contents include information requested by the Minister of Health, j The statistics shov/ an increase in the Birth rate to 16,05 and a I reduction in Stillbirths, but this is balanced by an increased number of j deaths (particularly from coronary disease and angina). The Death rate is 10,36. Infant Mortality rate 28,0, No Maternal deaths or deaths from infectious diseases occurred. It gives me pleasure to be able to report that there were very few ; i cases of infectious disease during the year apart from an outbreak of r Sonne dysentery during three summer months. This outbreak was less 1 severe than that experienced in 1957 > again Dr, Alun Jones and the staff of the Royal Salop Infirmary Laboratory gave invaluable help in examining and reporting on the specimens collected by the Health Staff, ! Protection against irifectious disease continues to be offered, and *! ( vaccination against poliomyelitis for children of and below school age J occupied a large part of the time of the County Health Staff and was also , carried out by the General Practitioners, During the autumn the 15-25 age group was included, and evening clinics were held. The response : during 1958 not as good as had been hoped for, although the percentage i