[Report 1930] / Medical Officer of Health, Burton-upon-Trent County Borough.

  • Burton upon Trent (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1930
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Credit: [Report 1930] / Medical Officer of Health, Burton-upon-Trent County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    'J’hc nuinhcr of niatoiin] doatlis, viz., five, while showing a (lecroase from the jnevious yea)', is still very higli, as it gives a maternal (leath-j ate of O I per 1,000 hij ths. The infant inojtality rate of 02 ]ier 1,000 hirths is very satis- faetojy, altlumgh slightly higher than the record figure of 47 in 1929. Infectious Diseases, pajticularly Seai'let Fever and Diphtheria, were very 2:)revalent during the }’ear. Scarlet Fever was of a very mild ty^ie and caused no deaths, but Di^jhtheria was more severe, and w'as responsible for 10 deaths dming the ye^r. (1) GENERAL PR0V5SI0N OF HEALTH SERVICES IN THE AREA. Public Health Officers of the Local Authority. Medical Officer of Jleallh, School Medical Officer, and Tuberculosis Officer, See. : *Jj\MES M. COWIR, M.D., Ch.B., D.P.H. Assistant Ditto ; *JAMES GRANT, M.B., Ch.B., D.P.H. Veterinary Surgeon : I\r. T. S.VDLKR, IM.R.C.V.S. (part time). Public Analyst: \\. P.\TtTi{ii)GE, F.T.C. (part time). Chief Sanitary Inspector: J. Jenktn.son, Cert. Roy. San. Inst. ; Cert. Inspection of .Meat » Assistant Sanitary Inspectors : F. V. A. SiMiTir, Cert. Roy. San. Inst. ; Cert. Inspection of Meat. E. IMitton, C(u-t. Roy. San. Inst. ; Qul. InsjK-ction of i\lcat. A. E. Tjiompsox, Cel t. Roy. San. Inst. ; Cert. Insj^ection of !Moat. H. S. Jenkinson, Cel t. Roy. San. Inst. ; Cert. In.sjiection of ^leat. Clerls I G. i\r. Upton. 11. G. Easter. G. Lawton. Miss F. C. Sadler (at Infant Welfare Cenlre).
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