[Report 1957] / Medical Officer of Health, Blaby R.D.C.
- Blaby (England). Rural District Council.
- Date:
- 1957
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1957] / Medical Officer of Health, Blaby R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![B ■» ^ j 9.«— Y a c c i n a t i o rt This was given to selected groups of school children this year between the ages of 13“14 years at Enderby Secondary Modern School., I minunisat ion against Diphtheria Prima ry Re-immunised j 1 i i - i Number of babies ' born during pre- ! ceding year min- us deaths under j 1 y e a r . J Under 5 years 5-14 y r s. Total 1949 510 1 28 ] 538 ! 373, 639 j 1950 423 37 1 460 ' 263 1 623 i 1 1951 461 11 472 403 573 j 1952 462 35 4 97 i 343 567 ‘ 1953 364 21 1 385 1 553 1 1954 415 40 455 370 523 ! 1955 408 25 1 433 1 377 503 j 1 956 480 i 486 j 330 587 ! 1957 401 20 421 2 64 585 To obtain an idea of the number of children immunised^ a rough and ready way is to compare he number of primary immunisation done under 5 years of age (these are performed between 6 months to 1 year) with the total number of live births for the preceding year. It can be seen that out of 585 babies born in 1956 approximately 401 v/ere immunisedo This only gives a general indication of the numbers being immunised. FOOD POISONING An outbreak of suspected food poisoning occurred among the staff employed in the canteen of a large works in the District. Seven people developed symptoms of food poisoning, all of whom partook of a separate meal in the canteen. Investigations were carried out and the causal organism was eventually discovered to be Clostridium Welchiij a heat resisting anaerobe. This was suspected to be present in a leg of imported lamb which was pre-cooked and re-heated the following day before being eaten. Following this outbreak, the opportunity was taken for a talk to be given, together with a film show, to the employees of the canteen on Food Hygiene, and the precautions to be taken in the preparation of food, and cleansing of equipment.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28930484_0015.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
