[Report 1944] / Medical Officer of Health, Northallerton R.D.C.
- Northallerton (England). Rural District Council.
- Date:
- 1944
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1944] / Medical Officer of Health, Northallerton R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen, I have the honour to submit my annual report for the year 194-4. The General Health wL thin your area has been quite good throughout the years there was no serious outbreak of infectious disease. 127 Births occurred. 60 being males and 67 females?, of the total births 7 were illegitimate, yielding, on an estimated population, a Birth rate of 16 per 1000s the rate for the whole of England and Wales was 17*6. 101 Deaths of civilians were registered, 47 being males and 54 females = a Death rate of 12.5 per 1000 of estimated populations for the whole of England and Wales the rate was 17*6. Except fb r one case of Whooping Cough, and 1 from pneunomia no other death was registered as due to acute infectious disease. There were, however, three deaths registered as due to pulmonary tuberculosis, and one to non pulmonary tuberculosis, The average at death was 60.5- 24 Notifications of acute infectious disease were received^ of these 12 were scarlet fever, 11 of them isolated in the Hospital. 4 were of Diphtheria, 2 of these yielded negative swabs on admission, 2 had been immunised. 6 were Whooping cough, 1 measles and 1 Paratyphoid Dover. No contact with any other Paratyphoid case could be ascertained. This patient never appeared to be very ailing but bacteriological reports ’were positive for many weeksj she was strictly isolated at home; all dejecta were disinfected with chlonide of lime and carefully disposed of. The general sanitary circumsta nces of your area have been fully described in previous Annual Deports, particularly the prewar printed reports. Up to the present time we have not been able to undertake the carrying out of the big schn.ies, already approved by the Ministry, owing to war-time restrictions. 1. A piped supply of excellent water from Silton to practicallynthe whole of the Northern and Eastern districts of pur area5 2. a piped supply from Bedale Water Works to your Western district. As these are schemes of major importance and urgency, it is hoped that authority uo spend and proceed will not now be long delayed. Apart from the amenity of a satisfactory water supply, it is a necessity in the production of clean and wholesome milk for which there is now great demand, 3. A further approved scheme , also of major importance, is the installation of modem sewage disposal works for Rc’mnbywhichIwi] 1 be proceeded with as soon as authority and funds are forthcoming. There are other of your larger villages awaiting similar attention e.g. Brampton. Your area is well served by District Nurses who are also much appreciated. It is, however, most disappointing that local Nursing Associations do not receive more generous support by those who may require the nurses’ services. The cost of providing supply nurses when necessary, is now very heavy. An excellent Maternity Home at Mount Pleasant is available for cases requiring institutional treatment. Cases of Pneumonia are dealt with in the Rut son Hospital. 7 cases were treated here alau all made good recoveries. Your Council provides and maintains am ambulance for infectious c :er and another for noninfections cases by the Northallerton Hospital Associa ti on. Tuberculosis. 4 new cases of pulmonary Tuberculosis were notified? three of these received Sanatorium Treatment, There wore also 2 cases of non pulmonary tuberculosis. During the year 3 deaths from pulmonary and 1 fro non pulmonary tuberculosis were registered. Age and sax of new cases notified s-](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29916604_0005.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
