[Report 1942] / Medical Officer of Health, Beaminster R.D.C.

  • Beaminster (Dorset, England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1942
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Credit: [Report 1942] / Medical Officer of Health, Beaminster R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    health ',,\22APR1944 T t Puolic Health Office, 32,South Street, BRIDPORT, Dor<?etj July,1943. AHyUAL REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH TO ~~ tllstRlCT COUNCIL tOR THE YEAR 1942. tPBLIC HEALTH STAFF li'edicau Officer of Health ... Spnitary Inspector & Surreyor,, Veterinary Surgeon (part-time). Clerk to tt^e Medicel Officer,., Adana Armit, M.B,, Ch.B. , D.P.H, C.C.Rundle, A.R.S.I. , M.S.I.a. K.I.Marshall, M.R.C.V.S, Miss A.M,Johnson, EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS OF THE AREA Dee tns. Male. Female, 48 35 Total: 87 Deaths from Special Causes. Total. 17 Deaths from Cancer (all ages) , Measles (all ates}', - * Vhooninir CouehTall sires) — Diarrhoea(under 2 years) - ■ Puerperal Causes... - • of Infants under one year of age 2 Male. 10 .. ** • • ** • • e • ** • • X • « Fe»rale. 7 g^NTRAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES There hss keen no alteration in the proYislon of health services in the area during the yeer 1^42. SANITARY CIRCIJMSTAHCES. Water Supply. There has keen no change in the water supply during 1542. Regular analyses have keen made, the Beaminster supply being sampled as a routine once a month. Chlorination is employed^ Sanitary Inspections, Ho,of Inspections ... • • • 1,301. No.of Informal Notices No.of Statutory Notices • • • • • • 127 1 No.complied No.complied with with 12] 0 FOOD Milk Supply, Three ssrples of ordinary milk and one of tuberculin tested milk were taken; the latter passed the Methylene Blue Test.