[Report 1948] / Medical Officer of Health, Birkenhead County Borough.
- Birkenhead (England). County Borough Council.
- Date:
- 1948
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1948] / Medical Officer of Health, Birkenhead County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![PREFACE The Eegistrar General’s estimate of the population of the Borough as at 81st December was 140,300. The Infantile Mortality Bate was the lowest yet recorded in the Borough. There was only one Maternal Death, that of a Birkenhead resident who died outside the Borough. The Death Bate of 12.1 was the lowest recorded since 1988. The notifications of Measles and Whooping Cough reached the highest peak since notification of these diseases was made compulsory in October 1989. Under the Disabled Persons (Employment) Act 1944 the Local Authority em])loy a quota of disabled persons. To enable such persons to become eligible for entry into the Superannuation Scheme, three grades, from a medical standpoint, were introduced and thus many men and women were employed, who under the old Begulations of the Corporation would have been rejected as “ unfit.” 1,865 medical examinations and re-examinations were carried out by the staff of the Department in connection with fitness for entry into the Corporation service, etc., compared with 827 in 1947, 501 in 1946 and 232 in 1945. 743 cremations took place during the year at Landican as com- pared with 691 in 1947. 19.5 per cent of the total cremations were Birkenhead residents. The transfer of the Hospitals, Tuberculosis and Venereal Diseases Clinics, Municipal Laboratory and Welfare of the Blind Department, entailed also the transfer of the Medical, Nursing, Domestic and Clerical staffs, engaged both centrally and peripherally in these services, to their respective new Authorities. During the year Dr. D. L. Murray, Deputy Medical Officer of Health, resigned to take up an appointment with the Sheffield Begional Hospital Board, and Dr. D. F. Alorgan was appointed as his successor. Dr. W. E. Christian was also appointed as Assistant Medical Officer and Assistant School Medical Officer. Miss L. Liggins, Matron of the Infectious Diseases Hospital, Mr. G. Wills, District Sanitary Inspector and Miss M. M. Graham, Non- ]^Iedical Inspector of Midwives, retired on attaining the age limit after 38, 36 and 32 years’ service respectively with the Corporation, and I wush to acknowledge their long and faithful service to this Depart- ment.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28927424_0007.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
