[Report 1946] / Medical Officer of Health, Workington Borough.
- Workington (England). Borough Council.
- Date:
- 1946
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Credit: [Report 1946] / Medical Officer of Health, Workington Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Town Hall, WOEKINGTON, August, 1947. To THE Members of the Public Health and Maternity and Child Welfare Committee. Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen, I beg* to submit my Annual Report for the year 1946. The report has been prepared in accordance with the instructions of the Miiiistrj^ of Health, contained in Cir¬ cular 28/46, dated 11th February, 1946. The Vital Statistics for the year are favourable. The Birth Rate of 20.05% shows a considerable increase com¬ pared with the figure of 16.76% in 1945. The General Heath Rate of 12.4% is less, but the Infantile Mortalitj^ Rate of 57.8% is higher than in the jirevious year. This increase in the Infantile Mortality Rate is due to a larger number of infants dying from chest conditions (such as pneumonia and prematurity). Generally speaking the in(*idence of infe(*tious dis¬ eases was slight. With the exce])tion of Whooi)ing ‘Cough, which accounted for two deaths, there were no deaths from Scarlet Fever, Hiphtheria, Measles or Typh¬ oid Fever. The housing problem is serious. Although new houses are being built in an effort to overcome the shortage there are a large number of houses which were passable some years ago, but are now deteriorating into the condemned class. Th is is due to the shortage of building materials and labour to carry out repairs and general maintenance. Hue to the great demand for new houses and the inability to give reasonable attention to existing dwellings it would appear that the housing problem is going to be with us tor many years to come. There were no deaths from Puerperal Causes. In reference to Hental Treatment for expe(*tant women, there has been a change in the scheme. Fnin- sured expectant women requiring dental treatment are now referred to their own local dental practitioners, in-](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30293406_0007.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
