[Report 1946] / Medical Officer of Health, Beaconsfield U.D.C.

  • Beaconsfield (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1946
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    Council Hall, Beaconsfield, Bucks. June, 1947. To the Chairman and Members of the Beaconsfield Urban District Council. Sir, I have the honour to present my Annual Report for the year 1946. As will be seen from Page 13 of the report, the period under review has been characterised by the number of the rarer kinds of infectious fevers notified during the year. The notifications included cases of brucellosis, of glandular fever, an outbreak of diphtheria at a children’s convalescent home due to a “ carrier ”, a case of typhoid fever and a presumptive case of smallpox. This range and variety of notifiable infec- tious disease is, of course, exceptional. During the year under review, the National Health Service Act, 1946, became law. Under Part III of the Act, the present major authorities, that is, the County Councils and the County Borough Councils, became local Health Authorities. They will be responsible for the provision of such personal services as vaccination against smallpox, immunisation against diphtheria ambulance services, midwifery and Home Nursing, Health Visiting and Domestic Helps throughout the whole of their areas. The appointed day upon which the Act will come into force is the 5th July, 1948. The Local Health Authority for this Council’s area is the Bucks County Council. The Beacons- field Council will continue as the Local Sanitary Authority. As with so many other local authorities, the provision of more houses is still the most pressing problem with which this Council is faced. Nevertheless, despite such handicaps as bad weather, the shortage of labour and materials, there is progress to report. During the year, 34 new dwellings were completed. Of these, sixteen were built by the Council itself