[Report 1943-1944] / Medical Officer of Health, West Bromwich County Borough.

  • West Bromwich (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1944
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Credit: [Report 1943-1944] / Medical Officer of Health, West Bromwich County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    VSNiSHSAL ..DIoJASSS, . The Authority hoy an agreement with the City of BiAiningham Corporation for the treatment of West Bromwich cases at the C_.ini c in Birmingham. A few cases are also treated at the G-uest Hoe pital, Dudley. rM * / Local cases treated during the year were as follow: Birmingham Dudley Total ry r-. 15 Syphilis Soft Chancre Gonorrhoea Conditions other than Venereal 08 Total new cases 115 Total Attendances - out-pationts 2,501 2 r,* (j 15 55 15 ‘ 70 118 2,374 -Ae new cases show an increase over those for last .year, but still remain low for an industrial torn of 80 000 population* 5 Gphujb tijen 55B. The following notifications were recjived during the vear under Defence (General) regulation 33B. N). of persons in respect of whom Form I was received Priraary notification Be c onda ry n otification F. o Xjl. Tot 1 5 2 1 Informal enquiries '..ere made in respect of both primary notifications: in one case the information was inoulficiant uo allow identification, the other case was followed up uiioii icially under the Maternity and Child '-'-'el^are Services. Legal action was taken unacr Defence Regulation 38B in respect of. the secondary notification, as the patient had ^uLiod to comply with a. notice to attend for medical examination: bho.giTl was setoneed to one month’s imprisonment. .lv ^ Lxpv.rfence oj the ay libation of Regulation 33B in |ius to\:n has not been very vast', but it does seem that • : b ’< ( oh] i c s. .Per.i ; up .1 *ce& 1 it lot ear to be sufficient -bvi tno case o c X •• - 5ted * t .v,-. un< V' on until the two necessary notif i Out ions are received v “ ,J>~m b( .. - t tor of m ■ ’ : Au ;s e^ r^cwi\ ea oj.fidaily rhe further two separate notifications *.?? 111 thk P1;5 an time the infection is spreading far and wide and ^nis may be known to the authority. -10-