[Report 1958] / Medical Officer of Health and School Medical Officer of Health, East Riding of Yorkshire County Council.

  • East Riding of Yorkshire (England). County Council
Date:
1958
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Credit: [Report 1958] / Medical Officer of Health and School Medical Officer of Health, East Riding of Yorkshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    at 3-0 p.m. on the day prior to being eaten. They were halved 1 whilst still warm, placed on trays and covered with a tea towel land left on a shelf in the pantry until the following day; they jwere not placed in a refrigerator. All the eggs had been shelled and set out as above by the member of the canteen staff from 1 whose nose and faeces the organism were isolated. Subsequent typing showed that the Staphylococcus pyogenes ) isolated from the nose of the canteen worker was the same phage [I type as the strain isolated from the faeces and food, and that all (these strains are of the food poisoning type. The following absences from school throughout the County due i to infectious diseases were recorded in 1958, viz.: — Chicken Pox. Mumps. Measles. Influenza. 2,098 1,974 880 701 During the last fortnight of June and the first fortnight of July there was an outbreak of poliomyelitis in Driffield, resulting i in 14 patients being treated in hospital. In seven of these patients : the disease was of the paralytic type and one of these cases died. , As all but one of the patients were children aged between 3 and 8 years, and as in each of these there appeared to he some connec- i tion either directly or by family contacts with the Infants’ School, ] it was decided to close the school a fortnight before the term i would normally have ended. B.C.G. VACCINATION The response of parents to the offer of B.C.G. vaccination for I the 13—14 year old age group of school children was satisfactory. Of those to whom vaccination was offered, 64.3% accepted. A i total of 1,141 children were skin tested, and of these 832, i.e., 74.1 %, showed a negative Mantoux test and therefore required vaccination with B.C.G. vaccine against tuberculosis. All cases with a positive reaction to the Mantoux test were followed up in their homes and X-ray examination of the chest was offered to them and to all members of their families. These X-ray examinations were carried out by the mass radiography unit on the occasion of its visit to various centres in the County. Particulars of B.C.G. Vaccination during the past four years are shown in the table below : — No. of No. Mantoux Positive Negative Number Year. acceptors. tested. reactors. reactors. vaccinated. 1955 646 599 112 (18.7%) 487 484 1956 1158 1101 321 (29.16%) 776 767 1957 723 679 182 (26.8%) 497 494 1958 1192 1123 309 (26.0%) ,832 767