[Report 1948] / Medical Officer of Health, Salford County Borough.

  • Salford (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1948
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Credit: [Report 1948] / Medical Officer of Health, Salford County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    schooTat S 'dS haVC C°ntinUCd t0 SUpply namos °f a11 children entering the parents o^a 1 ch ™mu™ation records are then checked and letters sent to paicnts all childien, immunised m infancy, who now require a reinforcing dose One session per week has been devoted to this work and during the year 1 -4 re folmm doses were given. This is an inn-e-iso m qui ^ , } ’ ^ remtoicing ycar, “ an mCrease of 941 over the number given during the previous Of the 4,105 children immunised during the year, 158 were immunised by general prac umners, 15 m day nurseries, four in hospitals, 1.491 in their own home 2 09T in :hild welfare centres, 336 in schools and seven in school clinics. Another year has passed during which there have been no deaths from diphtheria n uty and a new low record has been established for notifications of diphtherm Only ,ye cases were notified during the year and in no ease had the child b^en nnmunSd rhis would be a creditable achievement in any city, but in one such as Salford which is sserdually an industrial area and where there is so much over-crowding it is most iraiseworthy,- t>* In addition to diphtheria immunisation, 773 children under five years have bee,, nmumsed against whooping cough, an increase of 245 over 1947. SCABIES. During the year 1948, treatment was given to 328 adults, 213 school children and !nt“ rU1 U“ 01 llV0' n’aking a total of 636 persons treated at the Scabies Treatment A Otificatiuns. There has been a considerable drop in the notification of Scabies durin past, four years as will be seen from the following figures. 1945 1946 1947 194S 219 notifications. 160 33 HEALTH EDUCATION. Dunng the year Health Education activities consisted in the main of the production an explanatory booklet dealing with the Health Services provided by the Corporation ier the National Health Service Act, 1948. This booklet, of which some 5 000 copies tTal Health tiwictnbUtT’' ]Simply and fully the provisions of the new 1 , 11 oclAlce’ and was, we believe, much appreciated by manv Demhe who L of Te tLmCeS ad ann0UnCementS' tendCd t0 be very confused over the many Colourful displays were maintained in the four exhibition windows of the Regent id olnees of the Health Department, the subjects varying from Diphtheria Immunisa- , accination, Maternity and Child Welfare to a typical children's Christmas scene KS and lectures were regularly given by health visitors at the various crimes and aision for a new lorm of parenteraft lessons was made for the senior girls of one of the ' T tfdmslisl‘1 lth whlch th(;se talks were received shows that there is a typ° °f “ “s aild “ — - P-ea tor both A full-time Health Education Officer was appointed in November but did not take e m theSf“ J‘h“ary' In makin® this aPP0intment it is felt that Salford f f ioreiront m recognising in a practical way the increasing emphasis which is g placed upon the modern conception of positive health.