[Report 1957] / Medical Officer of Health, Dunstable Borough.

  • Dunstable (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1957
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Credit: [Report 1957] / Medical Officer of Health, Dunstable Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Home made slev^ alleged to have bitter taste and to have caused burning of mouth and vomiting. Sample of the stew and the ^’Bisto’’ which the complainant bought on the market and blamed for the unfitness submitted to Public Health Laboratory but no abnormality discovered. Turkey alleged to be ”high” when purchased, uneatable on cooking. Investigation at butchers proved bird to have been killed only two days prior to Christmas and to have been stored satisfactorily. Further investigation at complainant’s home shoK'ed bird partially cooked on Christmas Eve and completed following day and not stored satisfactorily. No further action taken. Pig carcase at Slaughterhouse detained pending submission of liver to Public Health Laboratory, Judgement of Leukaemia confirmed - carcase and all organs condemned, ADDITIONAL DUTIES. In addition to the normal routine work of a Public Health Department the follov;ing extra-ordinary duties are the responsibility of the department in Dunstable and some indication of the activity under each heading is given. The National Assistance Act, 1948. It was necessary to arrange the burial, in accordance with section ^0 of the above Act, of two persons who had died in the area and for whom no satisfactory burial arrange- ments had been made or were likely to be made otherwise than by the Local Authority. The help of the department was also sought in connection with four aged persons believed to be in need of proper care and attention. In one case it was necessary to use the powers contained In section A] of the above Act for removal to a hospital against the wishes of the elderly lady who by reason of physical disability was unable to devote to herself proper care and attention. This is an unenviable task and the pov/ers are not used unless absolutely necessary. This particular case had a happy ending in that the lady on her release from hospital some weeks later wrote a very nice thank you letter and apologised for being so difficult. (5) (6) (7)
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