[Report 1949] / Medical Officer of Health, Clackmannan County Council.
- Clackmannanshire (Scotland). County Council.
- Date:
- 1949
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Credit: [Report 1949] / Medical Officer of Health, Clackmannan County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![To the Department of Health for Scotland, the County Council of Clackmannan and the Town Councils of Alloa, Alva, Tillicoultry and Dollar. Mr. Convener, Mrs. Ogilvie and Gentlemen, I have the honour to submit to you the Annua], Report for the year 1949 upon the Health and Sanitary Condition of the County of Clackmannan and of the Burghs within it. The Annual Report of the C ounty Sanitary Inspector is also included. The Infantile Mortality rate of 32 compares with 41 for Scotland and is the lowest ever recorded in the County. The Stillbirth rate of 24 is also amongst the lowest ever noted and compares with 27 for Scotland, There were no Maternal deaths. No case of Diphtheria occurred during the year. Various factors are responsible for these satisfactory figures, not the least being the extension and reorganisation of the Council's Maternal and Child Welfare Services which has taken place in the last few years. The Medical Officer of Health, acting as an agent for the Regional Hospital Board, is responsible for the Tuberculosis Service and for the treatment of oases admitted to the Infectious Diseases Hospital, The Assistant Medical Officer of Health assists at the Ante-natal Clinic held in the County Hospital. This happy arrangement helps greatly to co-ordinate the Health Services within the County, In submitting this, my last Annual Report for the County, I should like to express my deep appreciation for the encouragement and help given me by the County and Town Councils, my own Staff, fellow Officials and Medical Colleagues. My thanks go also to the general public for their willing co-operation at all times. I have the honour to be, Your obedient Servant, J. A. ROUGHEAD, Medical Officer of Health. Health Department, Bedford Place, Alloa. May, 1950](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28648237_0005.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
