[Report 1928] / Medical Officer of Health, Burton-upon-Trent County Borough.

  • Burton upon Trent (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1928
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Credit: [Report 1928] / Medical Officer of Health, Burton-upon-Trent County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    bill wlion \ isitc<l inacticall}- no signs of disease were found. riie 15 cases of Ophllialniia Neonatorum may be classified as follows :— .Mild, 15. .Moderate, 0. ,Severc, 0. Registration of Maternity and Nursing Homes. Under the Nursing Homes Registration .Xct, 1927, four homes arc registered, three of them having been previous!} registered under Part 2 of the Midwi^■cs and Maternity Homes .A.ct, 1926. Three of the homes receive maternity cases only, and one is a combined home receiving maternity cases and other cases of sickness. No order was made during the 3'ear refusing or cancelling registrations. One aj>})lication for exemption freun registration was granted. Maternal Mortality. It has been arranged that the Medical Officer of Health make all necessary investigations into maternal deaths. Supply of Insulin. During the year 1928 no insulin was given out for the free treatment of poor persons suffering from Diabetes. The period for which the consent of the Ministry of Health was given for this supply of Insulin expired in February, 1929, and the Ministry did not consent to renew their sanction for the present. SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA. Water Supply. The South Staffordshire Waterworks Company arc responsible for the public water supply of the Borough. The supply is on the constant system, and is sufficient in quantity and of good quality. The water is a hard one, and has no ])lumbo- solvent action. .\ number of houses (about 110) are still supplied by shallow wells, the remainder having the public supply. Samples of the public water supply were submitted for analysis both chemical and bacteriological on four occasions, and were found to be of good quality. In addition 36 samples taken by the Sanitary Inspectors were analysed from shallow wells ; of these 26 were found to be unfit for domestic use, and 10 were passed.