[Report 1942] / School Medical Officer of Health, Bury County Borough.

  • Bury (Greater Manchester, England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1942
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Credit: [Report 1942] / School Medical Officer of Health, Bury County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TUBERCULOSIS. 'rwcitlN-live oases of ])ulmonary tuberculosis were iiotiTied in the )ear under review’. Tin's is the knvest nund>er of cases ever notified in an annual period in the Borough, The social, domestic and occujjational changes brought about by the war has not increased the incidence of the disease. ■ In 1910, 31 cases, ;ind in 1911, 30 cases were notified. - In 191T> no less than 105 cases were brought to the notice (T this department. In every war-time period an increase in the number of cases of ])uhnonary tuberculosis is expected. 'J'his expectation has not been fulfilled in this area so far in the present war. IMore attentic/ii is now given to the welfare of workers in war industries than in previous tear periods. 3Iany more young jteople are ill the Uorces, and leading a healthy life out of doors. 'JTie death rate for pulmonar\- tuberculosis in Burv in ]9h2 was 0.39 per 1,000 population. Twenty-one persons died froip this vdisease during the t'ear, and this is the lowest number of deaths in any year in the borough. M.ATERMTY .\NI) CHILD WELFARE. The total number of attendances at the Welfare Clinics in the town during 1012 was 14,718, as against 13,743 attendances in 1941. No less than 097 expectant motiter.', made 2,309 visits to the Ante- Xatal Clinics in the borough for exantination and advice. * The MuniciiKil IMidwives attended 320 cases of confinement, the highest number they have attended in any one year, or 08 cases more than in 1941. In addition the midw’ives made a total of 8,172 lying-in and other visits to mothers. A \\3ar-time Nursery for 40 ])laces for cliildren of women war workers was opened in IMaxwell vStreet in Sejuember, 1942, and has i)royed a boon to mothers who wished to hel]> in war indu'^tr\-, .and who may at first have felt (jualms about letting their children out of their care. SANITARY INSPECTOR'S SECTION. In the .systematic ins])ections of tlm town concerning sanitary circum. stances in general, and in the su])ervi,si<';n of <^Tfensiv.e trades, inspections of houses, farms and dairies,-sho]es ami j>remises used for the preparation a.nd sale of food, meat insjtections, and the taking of s.amples of food and drugs, the Sanitary Insjrectors made a total of over 18,0(H,) visits dxiring the year. The Sanitary Inspectors’ duties are full of variety and extend far in range, and your officials have liown, as always, tact, ])atience and courtesv in carr\ing out their work. m Cl Over 200 houses were made fit by informal action. Very few cases of rivercrowded houses oc'curred during the year, at the end of t\hich there were ten cases only, 'i'his is a reflection on the thoroughness with which j)revious cases of overcrowding \vere dealt with and the subsequent close .surveillance by th ; Ins])ectors. Tliere is always a tendency ‘ to o^•ercrowd houses in war-time in some areas. No less than 1,200 visits were made to c(>wsheils, dairies, and milk fchojis, and over l,5oo visits were m.ade to OkxI ])re])aring jmemises and shops, gener.al food shops, me.at slngj- and Ijakehouses. As before your Insj)ectors examined throughout the ’>ear all the meal at the Public .\battoirs which serves a ]:)opulalion loL^fO). -