[Report 1954] / Medical Officer of Health, Bognor Regis U.D.C.
- Bognor Regis (England). Urban District Council.
- Date:
- 1954
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1954] / Medical Officer of Health, Bognor Regis U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Poliomyelitis. Four cases of Acute Poliomyelitis (one paralytic and three non-paralytic) ?were notified during 1954, of which 2 cases of non-paralytic were not confirmed. ‘There were no deaths from this disease. ' Investigations are made immediately notifications are received and a full ireport of each case is sent to the County Medical Officer of Health. To assist in research of pouomyelitis an individual case report, in a prescribed form, is iorwaided to the Medical Research Council. ' Medical Practitioners within the Urban District are kept fully informed of all cases of poliomyelitis occurring in West Sussex as soon as details are jreceived from the County Medical Officer. I FOOD POISONING I In accordance with the Food and Drugs Act, 1938 (Section 17) and the Bognor Regis Urban District Council Act, 1936 (Section 88) every registered I medical practitioner attending a person in the district who is or is suspected I to be suffering from Food Poisoning or Suspected Food Poisoning shall forthwith on becoming aware that such a person is or is suspected to be so , suffering send to the Medical Officer a notification of the case. The following are the details of the cases notified which were confirmed 1 No. of 1 Outbreak No. of ! Cases No. of j Deaths ' Organisms or other agents responsible Foods causing Outbreak 1 2 Nil Streptococcus faecalis, sapro- 1 phytic, staphy- lococci & spore bearers Meat Paste-Containcr previosly opened and undoutedly infecteh in the home — Nil Salmonella- ty phi-murium ] No particular food supsected 1 TUBERCULOSIS The Ministry of Health in a circular issued during the year under review, drew attention to the fact that although there has been a rapid decline in the death rate from tuberculosis in recent years (shown in respect of Bognor Regis and England and Wales in the Table on page 31), this has not been accompanied by a comparable reduction in the number of notifications of new cases of the disease. It is, however, felt by the Ministry, that the number of notifications now bears a closer relationship to the incidence of the disease, mainly because cases which were formerly undiagnosed and therefore not notified, are now being brought to light. In Bognor Regis in 1954, the number of new notifications received was 15, showing a reduction on the year 1953, when there were 19, and the year 1952, when there were 21, but in some areas control and preventive measures present a considerable problem, and the demands made on Mass X-Ray Units have meant that surveys cannot be undertaken as often as could be desired. In the post-war period it has only been possible for one Mass Radiography survey to be carried out in this area (in April, 1952) but efforts are being made to obtain a return visit of a mobile unit. It is felt that a negative report of an X-Ray examination is as important and reassuring to the members of the general public, as the discovery of new cases. Home conditions of course, also play an important part in the treatment and rehabilitation of patients suffering from tuberculosis, and I am deeply indebted to the Council for their sympathetic consideration of my recom- mendations on health grounds in respect of applicants for Council houses, who were living in unsatisfactory housing accommodation.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28937259_0035.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
