[Report 1957] / Medical Officer of Health, Leek U.D.C.

  • Leek (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1957
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Credit: [Report 1957] / Medical Officer of Health, Leek U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    111.')?. 'I'lio ])iirity of tile wiitcv li;ul Ix'cii conccfii to the i'i)Uiil \ .Meilienl ( hVicei- lof some years. hi April, ihe Ilealih ('on ii 11 it I eo considei-ed a report 1 had Mihmitteil to them on tlie snhjeet, and a special meeting ol the Water ('om III it t ee was held in that month, at wh icdi I a 11 ended. A liiriher report was siihmit ted to the Water ('ommit tee in Sep- t. niher. \'arioiis measures were taken hy the ('omieil: the iK'iyhts Ilf the eollei'line ehanihers al I'pjier Iliilme were raised, tile springs were reeonst riieted, east iron pipes were laid to the addits. a iiew main eolleetine ehamher was made, the (diloriiiation house was repaired and a new east iron main was laid to it. d'hese Were done hy the end of Alay. Control of the land above tlie Aloiint lleservoir was olitained in XoM'inher. The (ddorinal ion was to he increased to a proper level and cheeked daily, d'lie increase was first noted in April and improved to a reasnnah|\ stable reipiired dosage in the last few months of t he \ ear. The (piestion of more control over the catchment area at I jipi i’ lliilnie was considered hy th(“ Water ('ommitti’e, hut- no action was taken in this direedion. Striietiiral improvement of the Mount lteser\'oir was also considered hy the AA ati‘r ('ommittee and it was deeidial m -Inly *' that details of a ^rroposal lor rec'oii- slriietine the sloping- sides and the hottoni of oiu' half of the I'eser \ HI r a t an estimated cost of i'll, - it kt he ] ire]‘)ared and siil ini if ted for consideration liy the Aliiiistry with a view to eventual eovi'riiie with a roof of lieht construction.” One other matter of note reeiirdine water supplies was tlie ])ro])oseil ree'roii])iiie' of water iiiKlertakines in the Xortli of Stal- fordshire - tlie |)ro]>osed formation of a North East Staffordshire .Joint Itoard. Details of the results of tests over the year appear on paya-s 18, 111. and 20. . 'Flu' infi'ctioiis disease position in 10,AT was, as nsnal, a varied one, thoiiydi the General nmnlH'r of notifications was cmisiderahly less'than in lO.aCn due mainly to a fall in the nnmber of eases of measles. A.mte anterior poliomyelitis was tlie principal notitiahle disi'ase eonceriied perhipis, since a total of U5 cases ocemrred -A p.aralytic and 8 non-paralytic from -Iiiiu' to Soptemher. inflneii/.a was also promineiit. In 10,All, -10% approx-iniately of (diildreii ay,dust iliphl heria and 10% approximately \ aeein.-iled ayainst smallpox. In 10.A7, 28% approximately of children ayaiiisl diphtheria and 17.7% aiiproxiniat(>1\ vaccinated ayainst smallpox. The (iynres siiealc for themselves. Dilihtheria immmnsalion is carried out holh hv the yeiieral iiraci it ioiiefs and at Ihe liilaiit Welfare Centres. d''lu‘ Comity Coimeil staff were, of course. wer(> inimimisod of chihlrmi weri' were iinmniiised of childien were ■4