[Report 1941] / Medical Officer of Health, Cosford (Union) R.D.C.
- Cosford (England). Rural District Council.
- Date:
- 1941
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1941] / Medical Officer of Health, Cosford (Union) R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![(b) MEAT AMD OTHER FOODS., .... ,m ■ » ■ it Number of Registered. Slaughterhouses ” Licensed u ” n Vi si ts to . * ■ •-r Nil 1 Nil L....... 56 lbs of butter and 95 lbs df bacon were condemne.d as unfit for hur.ign: consulptipn and disposed-'©! V't'’' ' 41 visits to butchers*' shops wore made. (c) ADimiERAl’L^ii- ET-GV- ~ |ft * ^ ) : No |.b C a) CHEMICAL ■,&1' TEK 10 L 0 GI CAL EXAMINATION OF : FOOD...) Change . (e) NUTRITION^ :i * /' ’ | Besides! participating in the National Milk Scheme either- more local '/interests in nutrition wore manifest by a Pile Scheme, thej canning oflf'fuits and vegetables, and the collection ‘fyf Rose Hips.;, ' 1 k Is ... 'A b M; ■ - V S E 0 T,:i 0 If F. 1 . V( PREVALENCE (j)F, jk CONTROL,' OVER , ..INFECTIOUS A: OTHER DISEASES . .. The^following table, shows the number of cases of , infectious- diseases v/jaich', occurred during- the year:- J ALL NOTIFIABLE DISEASES(other than Tuberculosis)DURING THE TEAR 1941. 9 Disease Total cases ho ti- fibd. . rr~- Age it I. M in lea] ?s r—■'* — Case's \- admit-i ted ■ toj ■ lIo‘sd14 1 2 , 3 4. 5 10 -15 -20 -3E -45 -65 ~ tal*. Deaths | Scarlet Fever . 19 ■ T M 2 2 8- 6- 1 mm 3 Whooping Cough 102 11 . 7 12 7 16 42 4 - - 1 1 mm 1 1 mm . Diphtheria- ■ - --11 T: . 1 1 - 3 2 i- 2 1 - j - ' ,4 Erysipelas ■ 5# ... *. 4m mm ' '•* mm - - 2 ! 3 i ■ 1: -f ' i‘, • f * Measlefe. . 284 9: 12 22 21 26 126 39 16 7 6 j l , 3 V ' i *::: Pneumonia 9-: 9m t. 1 1 ■mm* - •' 3 ■ wm 4 ■ mm . a mm * # - 2 Puerperal Pyrexia ... 3 , ' 1 tmr i-m mm \ 2 1 ' [*• » - * s 1 1 Cer^bro-spinal fever : . • : 1 mm ■ 9m mm 1 mm mm mm mm 1 Ophthalmia Neonatorum 2 2 '9m- ■ •m mm ’ mm mm mm ‘ , Total:- 436 23 IS 35 32 44 182 52 18 12 9 6 4 12 3 Preventative measures against the spread of infection and other diseases during 1941 included the medical examination of arriving evacuees, diphtheria immunisation, the issue of measles serum and measures for the detection and treatment of scabies. • Parents responded beyond expectations to the offer of Diphtheria Immunisation for their children, so that by the end of 1941 the following had been protected by the Local Authority•- 364 children under 5 years of age (estimate 46$) 1,092 children 5 years or more but under 15 years , (estimate 91$)](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29123896_0011.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
