[Report 1936] / Medical Officer of Health, Canterbury Borough / City & County.
- Canterbury (England). City & County Council.
- Date:
- 1936
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1936] / Medical Officer of Health, Canterbury Borough / City & County. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATIONS OF SWABS FOR DIPHTHERIA. In order to obviate the former delay in the receipt of reports, a Laboratory has been established at the Health Offices, where Diphtheria swabs are examined by the M.O.H. The following table shows the work done at the Laboratory during recent years : year. Swabs for Diphtheria—1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 Positive. Negutive. Total • 38 252 290 ,. 21 170 191 • 31 293 324 6 91 97 ,. 12 133 145 . 6 I31 137 • 19 171 190 . 21 214 235 . 22 20S 230 Veterinary Inspections. 1 have received the following report from Mr. J. G. Cattell, the Veterinary Inspector for the City : — All animals brought to the Fat Stock Markets, held on alternate Mondays, and to the vStore IMarkets held each Saturday were inspected. On four occasions, pigs showing symptoms of disease were not allowed into the market. They were removed under the Swine Fever Order of 1908. In one case the owner was prosecuted for cruelty. One cow brought into the Market showed clinical symptoms of tuberculosis and she was removed. All milch cows in dairies in the City were examined quarterly. Samples of milk and sputum were taken from sus- ]hcious cases of tuberculosis. The milk in one cow was found to contain tubercle bacilli and she was destroyed under the Tuberculosis Order of 1935. During the year owners of three herds held licences for the production of “ Grade A Milk.” Midwives Acts, 1902—1926. As the Inspector under this Act, I made periodical inspections of the Midwives’ Homes, Records and Equipment, and found everything satisfactory. The INIaternity Ho.stel is a model Maternity Home and well maintained. Midwives.—There are 13 Registered Midwives practising in the Area, all of whom are certified : 5 attached to the Maternity](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29091342_0029.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
