[Report 1961] / Medical Officer of Health, Chelmsford Borough.

  • Chelmsford (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1961
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    75, Springfield Road, £ Chelmsford y 23rd July, 1962 k, ANNUAL REPORT, 1961 Madam Mayor, Ladies and Gentlemen, | I have the honour to present my Annual Report on the health of the ft Borough for the year 1961. The report has been prepared and compiled in 1 accordance with the Ministry of Health Circular 1/62 of the 31st January, 1962. There were 1,002 live births during the year, 123 more than in 1960, which represents a Birth Rate of 20‘08 per thousand of the population. For comparison t] purposes the Birth Rate Figure for the whole of England and Wales over the fi same period was 17'4. The Infant Mortality Rate, i.e. infants dying under one year of age per thousand live births, was 14‘97 compared with the figure of 21’4 for England and Wales. |‘'i There were 448 deaths during the year, giving a death rate of 8’98 per i thousand of the population, the rate for England and Wales bemg 12‘0. ' j During the year a total of 27 investigations were made into applications for housing priority on medical grounds, and were the subject of special reports to i the Housing Management Committee. : ’ There were 114 medical examinations carried out during the year on f Borough employees for the purposes of the Superannuation Scheme, together with ten blood tests on employees in the Water Department whose work on / |i water mains brings them into close association with the town’s water supplies. During 1961 work in connection with the authentication of Internationals Vaccination Certificates showed a further increase, there being 568 of these | Certificates authenticated by my Department, as compared with 529 the previous j year. ! During the year, it was necessary to utilise the powers provided under , Section 47 of the National Assistance Act, to remove two old ladies to hospital who, by reason of their senile enfeeblement were living in insanitary conditions! and required care and attention. They both quickly settled down after admission! ^ to hospital, and agreed to remain as voluntary patients. I should like to thank those Chief Officers who have made available to me I some of the information appearing in this Report, and in particular my thanks in this respect are due to Mr. R. F. Wynn, the Chief Public Health Inspector. ' ' I should also like to take this opportunity of thanking the Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the Public Health Committee for the willing support and • encouragement which they have given me throughout the year. (* I have the honour to be. In Madam Mayor, Ladies and Gentlemen, ^ I Your obedient Servant, « ! J. L. MILLER WOOD, i { Medical Officer of Health >