[Report 1959] / School Medical Officer of Health, Exeter.

  • Exeter (England). City Council
Date:
1959
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Credit: [Report 1959] / School Medical Officer of Health, Exeter. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Dr. Stewart Smith, Area Pathologist, Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, examined 698 blood samples taken from expect- ant mothers, and also specimens in relation to tuberculosis (see page 78). CIVIL DEFENCE. (Ambulance and Casualty Collecting Section). Ambulance Officer : Capt. F. G. Ireland. The strength of the Section at the end of the year was 102. Three members were enrolled during the year and 6 resigned. Weekly training classes were held during February to July and September to December. 8 members obtained first-aid certificates and 4 passed their r; re-examination. After the examination, the Section practised for the Rowe Cup Competition which was held at Topsham Barracks on Sunday, 5th July. Since the summer recess, the Section has been through a series of refresher classes including a special Course of Holger Neilson resuscitation drill in conjunction with the Warden and Welfare Sections at St. Paul’s School. Full scale Civil Defence exercises are useful as a means of maintaining interest. Able-bodied men are still needed on the Section. ACUTE INFECTIOUS DISEASE. Influenza. In 1959 (as in 1958) we had no epidemic of influenza, and only the usual seasonal winter rise in the number of employed persons off sick or absent from school was noted. i 1 Food Poisoning. ] Local Authority \ Exeter County Borough. Year: 1959 : . [a) Food Poisoning notifications {as corrected to Registrar General). First Second T hird Fourth Quarter. Quarter. Quarter. Quarter. Total. 3 Cases otherivise ascertained. 8 2 13 Nil. Nil. Nil. 2 2 Fatal cases.