[Report 1946] / Medical Officer of Health, Prudhoe U.D.C.

  • Prudhoe (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1946
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    UBRAW PRUn-IOE URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL. Medical Officer*s Annual Report for 1946. Mr» Chairman, Lacly and Gentlemen, The Annual Report is still, by Order of the Ministiry, to be kept doim to a minimum. AREA: POPULATION: OFPIGSRS: Notifiable Diseases; Housing: Pood: Mlk; In Acres........3,889 Inhabited Houses.......2,262 At end of Year..9,353 Rateable Value.........£39,724. Dr. G. IIcCoull, M.D., Medical Officer of Health, Mr. W.G. Twoddlo, A.H.I. S.E. ,M.R.S. I. , Sanitary Inspector, No epidemics of Infectious Diseases occurred during the year. 35 nev\r houses v/cro completed during the year. There is nov/ no slaughtering in the district but inspection of food generally has been carried out. Regular visits have been to all farms and dairies in the district. Factories: These have boon regularly inspected. Public Sewage Disposal and Purification; The scavening of the Cleansing: district is a Health Department function and is ednsidored to be carried out satisfactorily. Vital Statistics: Pruclhoe Births; 15.8 Still Births: ,64 Deaths: 10,I6 Infantile Mortality: 60.8 England & Wales 19.1 per .53 ” 11.5 43. 1,000 population 11 If 11 »i ” births I am indebted to your Clerk, Mr. Biilipson, your Sanitary Ins]poctor, Mr, Twcddle, and to all members of the Council and staff for the help given mo during the year. Council Offices, Prudhoe-on-Tyne, loth December, 1947. I an, l\tr. Chairman, Lady and Gentlemen, Your obedient orvant Medical Officer of Health, A