[Report 1950] / Medical Officer of Health, Nottinghamshire County Council.

  • Nottinghamshire (England). County Council.
Date:
1950
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Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

Credit: [Report 1950] / Medical Officer of Health, Nottinghamshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS Members of County Health Committee . . . . . . . . 5 Staff .. • • . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Medical Officers of Health of County Districts .. .. 10 Introduction .. . . . . . . . . .. .. 11 Statistics and Natural and Social Conditions of the Area . . 18 Vital Statistics.. .. .. .. .. .. 18 Births . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Deaths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Principal Causes of Death . . . . . . . . 21 Deaths of Infants under one year of age . . . . . . 21 Birth and Death Rates—Corrected . . . . . . . . 22 Infectious Diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Acute Poliomyelitis and Acute Polioencephalitis . . . . 24 Sanitary Circumstances of the Area . . . . . . . . 26 Prevention of Pollution of Rivers and Streams— Industrial Pollution . . . . . . . . . . 26 Sewerage and Sewage Disposal . . . . . . . . 28 Work undertaken by County Health Inspector . . 30 Rural Housing . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Public Cleansing . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Water Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Inspection and Supervision of Food . . . . . . .. 35 Milk Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Food and Drugs Act, 1938 . . . . . . . . . . 38 Inspection of Meat and other Foods . . . . . . . . 38 Food Poisoning Outbreaks . . . . . . . . . . 40 Clean Food Campaigns . . . . . . . . . . 40 Nursing Homes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Clinics and Treatment Centres . . . . . . . . 4] NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE ACT, 1946 Health Centres (Section 21) .. .. .. .. .. 42 Care of Mothers and Young Children (Section 22) . . . . 43 Child-Welfare Centres . . . . . . . . . . 43 Ante-Natal and Post-Natal Clinics . . . . . . . . 43 Consultant Services . . . . ~ . . . . . , 44 Maternity Hospital Treatment . . . . . . . . 44 Provision of Maternity Outfits and Pads . . . . . . 44