[Report 1943] / Medical Officer of Health, Carmarthen County Borough.

  • Carmarthen (Wales). County Borough Council.
Date:
1943
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Credit: [Report 1943] / Medical Officer of Health, Carmarthen County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    provision of an adequate water supply '(adequate in quality an^ quantity) a priority ranking equal to that of New Housing. considering such plans the Council should consider whether a water scheme could not be so constructed that surrounging parts of the Rural District could also obtain a supply from the same source. PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER, INFECTIOUS DISEASES. > As compared with the previous year a big increase in the number of cases of measles notified occurred, but the number of cases of diphtheria fell. There were no deaths from diphtheria. The value of the Emergency Public Health Laboratory in controll- ing outbreaks of infectious disease was inestimable and undoubtedly prevented any spread to alarming proportions by the speed in discovering “ Carriers ” and their segregation. Notifiable Diseases (other than Tuberculosis ) during the Year 1943. Total Cases Cases Admitted Total Disease. Notified. to Hospital. Deaths Borough Evacuees Diphtheria 5 0 5 , 0 Scarlet Fever 18 3 15 0 Enteric Fever 1 0 1 0 Erysipelas 3 0 2 0 Smallpox 0 0 0 0 Pneumonia 2 0 2 2 Puerperal Pyrexia 10 0 10 0 Measles ... 125 2 0 0 Whooping Cough 0 0 0 0 Diphtheria Immunisation. - • \ 4 Immunisation against Diphtheria is being carried out by the Medical Officer of Health at the Clinic, Pond Street, on Tuesday mornings at 11 a.m,