[Report 1936] / Medical Officer of Health, Ince-in-Makerfield U.D.C.

  • Ince-in-Makerfield (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1936
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Credit: [Report 1936] / Medical Officer of Health, Ince-in-Makerfield U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    A severe type of Diphtheria was prevalent throughout the whole district during the year, and 99 cases were notified. 94 of them being removed to hospital for treatment. 5 fatal cases occurred, all among the patients removed to hospital. 1078 children (school and pre-school) and teachers, were immunised against Diphtheria by Dr. VV. E. Cooke with a single injection of 0.5 cc. Alum Precipitated Toxoid (Parke, Davis & Co.), without prelimin- ary Schick testing. Supplies of Diphtheria Antitoxin are kept at the Council Offices and at the Higher and Lower Ince Police Stations, and are always available to the Medical practitioners. No cases of Cerebro Spinal Fever or Enteric Fever occurred during the year, but one case of Acute Anterior Poliomyelitis was notified. The patient, a boy aged 5 years, was a mild case, and was removed to the Rochdale Cripples Hospital for treatment, where he made satisfactory progress. School Closure was not considered necessary during 1986. Pathological and bacteriological examinations for Ince patients are carried out at the Laboratory of Wigan Infirmary, and during the year Dr. W. E. Cooke reported to the Authority on the following specimens : 317 Throat Swabs, and 2 samples of Ince water (bacteriologicallv). 23 deaths were certified as due to Cancer during the year, as against 24 in the previous year. Facilities for Radium treatment arc available to Ince residents, at the Radium Institute, Manchester, and at the Radium Clinic at the Wigan Infirmary. DISINFECTION— Number of Articles disinfected during 1936 ... ... ... 1063 Number of Houses disinfected during 1936 206 Houses are disinfected by the method of Formalin Spray, and it is usual, in the district, to disinfect after Phthisis, but not as routine after Measles. A Steam Disinfector is provided in the grounds of the Isolation Hospital for the disinfection of the Clothing, Bedding, etc., of patients not removed to Hospital. There is a Bath at the School Clinic for cases of school children whose uncleanliness demands action, but disinfestation was unnecessary in 1936.