[Report 1958] / Medical Officer of Health, Barnsley County Borough.
- Barnsley (England : Unitary authority). County Borough Council.
- Date:
- 1958
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1958] / Medical Officer of Health, Barnsley County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![FOREWORD “Tf al] the earth were paper wliitc And all the sea were ink ’dAverc not cnougli for me to write As npv poor heart doth think.’' “h'oems, Karly Autobiographical. Lyly’s Works, V'ol. hi, p.452’‘ John Lyly 1554-1606. This report like its immediate predecessors has been prepared with a view to g'ivint^- maximum information regarding- the health of the County Borough in a concise form. At the same time an attempt has again been made to ensure that there is sufficient explanation and comment to instill something of life and interest into the dry bones of the statistical tables which it must jierforce contain. The section devoted to vital statistics offers little of outstanding or unusual interest. The principal ligures it contains show variations from previous years of the kind wTich are normally expected. In the epidemiological field the principal incidents recorded are the prevalence of Sonne dysentery and the continued fall in the incidence of pulmonary tuberculosis. The dysentery proved to be more of a nuisance to all concerned with it than a serious threat to health. Un- fortunately for reasons set out in the appropriate place it cannot be ignored. As to tuberculosis the figures in the ])ages which follow may be taken as one direct result of the building work done l)y the Council in respect of houses and schools. In that section of the report devoted to social and i^ersonal health services has been included, at the Minister’s request (Circular 22/58). a brief review of the first ten years of the Local Health Authority’s work in the National Health Service. Following this comes the report on the year’s work. In this reference is made to the difficulties experienced wdth regard to the recruitnient of professional staff and attention is drawn to the need for examination of the position of industrial areas in attracting- such staff. It could well merit attention at National level if a breakdown in the Preventive Health Service IS to be avoided in those very areas vvbere il would have the mosi serious effect.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29226430_0005.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
