[Report 1941] / Medical Officer of Health, Clevedon U.D.C.

  • Clevedon (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1941
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Credit: [Report 1941] / Medical Officer of Health, Clevedon U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Tuberoiaqsijs ^ '1 l!ale c'ded ab the *age oi 15, and 2 revaales, aged 39 . and 2 years, PA-lVl Infant of 17 ^.lonths died of T.B. Meningitis f: o t i f i c a'ti Oil’s: 5 - 13 15 - 25 25 - 35 35 - 45 45 ^ 55 65 + ITon~Rj3 Sjpir at oiy ifale, Mcnaie -2*- T'“ 1 TOTALS 'r- 2 ... A ivview of the health of the tovm dia’ing the jpart -jqlxt loaves one mth a V 01 relief ihat, under v/ar conldtions, v/o have suffered so little - --d, ‘.‘rt'ilug bcycsid vdiat one niiglit c:q)c.ct in ordinary times. The health of i ' p-i-'- gen: rallo^ is good, their spirits grLi and gay. Industrial workers '^gns of fatigue fro;a long hoiu’s aiid difficult travelling, more o -T - ; in jy inc younger riembcrs of the com iunity who have been iiicorporaled in ^'he 1. I’sfrial •lacl’ino. It is remarkable, ’lov/evor, hoiv quiclcly iihoy regain vitajL-.y nnd -rd-.cmsG v/hen, tlirough some minor aiLicnt or accident;, they are giv n -j. sn s''!. rest on sick li^avo; a circui istancc v/lvich loaves one wd th ti'e I'-icesoTcn what shorter hours v/ould husband their rcsouroos and increase tliovr’ ■ .O' iiilOnODvc w'ork. The older pcoijlc, and. those beyond nsa’k, o:diibit r-.. r'>-:s:l.lc sti;/ing powers, plT;>'3:lGal and nervous; and the health of the chi.lr.lr-cn r.o .dcrniiily ’good, to wliich school meals ajce a contributing factor, v/lulc the Bricish Rescaun’ani-. is a real Godsc,id to all cla.ssos of the comroniiy. The scarlet fowr y;o c:qpcriv..ncod was atyvucal in oharaoter; cases T/o.rc spread over oho year, with eleven in the months of April and .May* The onset was usually charac tori sod b;*- a grey follicular tcnsi.llar enudation, with appeor- ar.c^_ of the rash dcliiycd until the tiiird or fiftji Caj , iind in one case, it rosulccd fi'. . a generalised L.ipctiginous eruption v/il'th no sore tliroat, luoaclec, ohoLigh iddospread, gave no an:cio'uy, and the single death that occu-rred '..-as duo to marasims, following enteritis. I'cv/ cases wore notified after the _nd of .May, but in 'tlic meant.Lme, y/hooping cougli v/as gaining ground, said though crcublesomo, it w'as not serious, and by the cud of September, it had spent i'cself. In September, v/c liad one case of paratyphoid fever, and a i'cM cases of dysentery of the rl^;en'm' iype, \/iiich \;cre short, ohrerp and •.7c'’l“dofincd, but this outbreak ouiclily subsided. Four sporadic cases of diphtho.ria occiirrcd . d-jr.;.n£ tl\c year, and a vigorous cajpaign for immunisation against tliis disease ^.’as iiiitiatcd with good response obtained. Tlds \;ork is sti].l being regularly pursuwd at the Infant V/clfarc Centro, at the schools avid at a Clinic run by the Coxity Council. In Novembwi’, ma.ips appeared, and thougli it has not boon severe, it has been fairly \;idcsproad, and in a proportion of th^.. adult and' adolescent males, it i.'as xolloi/ed by so.mc unpl.-acant complications. The increase of notifications of Tuberculosis is parti;/ accounted for by the ccarival of cases fru.i other areas. The n.-kergcncy Maternity Unit has boeii in full commission I'or the reception of cac.-s fra.; other areas, avid .lany eases, both local and frohi eintlguous a.rcr.s, hav. been accaiiodated at tv/o local Nursing Nones. The Cottage Tlcspil'.al has had .0 d-al ;/it!i an ever-iacrcasing nun)bor of out-patients v.ufforing J rom minor ar.l :iaJor accidoiito, '.iiile tlve- ivards, public and private, have been in constant u ; A dick Bay, oiw ned in j.Iay, 1 941 > Ivau, also, fulfilled a uscfw.L function me r ealing mor- particul.arly v;ith cases of scabies and impetigo; (.l']vu''‘jy ir 1'eiy, L>r. })ott kindly undertook to hold a Clinic for ovacuecs ti/ice vjcokiy) and whs Misti'i.ct hursos have continued to discliargc their niany functions wdth g.rat- vf'/ipg success, vAiilo tile et. John's Ajnbulancc Brigade, in adibltit-n to meetvin.g d '•va.ius fo*' wheir sezviccs in dealing v/ith the ranoval of patients, have, also, in c^'/vp'oyy Tdth neiabers of the Ned Cross, given valuable assistance at the Cottage Ho-'.p.tal at uhd Macernity Unit. The Aiibulance hervlcc has been aug.icntcd ar.J r.lx-v, ; by wnbulunoes of the A. H. i’. Services. I luiV' to wcknov/lcugo \/ith gratitude assistance froi; all members of the s.aff, fraa .y colluag-uos oiiu from tliu Naval Bacteriological Staff; also, fra; irm Bristol City' and the County Council Hea] th Depart) icnta. Your obodieiit Servant, 1'. 7. U2 G. MACLEOD