[Report 1962] / Medical Officer of Health, Dudley County Borough.

  • Dudley (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1962
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Credit: [Report 1962] / Medical Officer of Health, Dudley County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    108 INFECTIOUS DISEASE 594 visits were made to iiifeetioiis disease eases during the year. The majority of tliese visits were in eoimeetion with gastro enteritis and Sonne Dysentery eases and eontaets during the months of May to August. It is im{)ossil)le to gi\'e any idea of the time taken uj) in this work. M(^st of the infectious diseases were of tlie ty})(' where it was most im])ortant to keej) a very careful elieek on food handlers. Thert' was. therefore, a necessity to trace \ er\' carefully any personal eon- taets to find out if food handlers were among them. No time or effort was s])ared at any stage of the empiiries. If food handlers were found to he involved no matter how directly or indirectly care was taken to ensure eo!n})lcte safety. Such work involved in- struction and education of food handling personnel and strict supc'r- vision of preeauticmary measures which had been laid down. The oeeurrenee of Smallpox eases in tlu' West .Midlands during the first month of 1962 iiwolved daily visits by inspectors to all eontaets and this factor helped to swell still further the number of visits made in this category.
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