[Report 1957] / Medical Officer of Health, St Albans R.D.C.

  • St. Albans (England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1957
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    Health Department, 15 Hatfield Road, St. Albans. To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of the City of St. Albans and the Chairman and Councillors of the St. Albans Rural District Council. Mr. Mayor, Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen, I have the honour to present my report on the health of the City of St. Albans and the St. Albans Rural District for 1957. Except for a widespread epidemic of measles in the first half of the year, fortunately mild in character and a large number of Asian Flu cases about October, the health of the two areas remained good. Most of the Asian Flu cases were mild. A vaccine to give protection to people especially exposed to the infection, e.g.. Doctors and Nurses, was issued by the Ministry of Health, but by the time it arrived the epidemic had passed its peak. It was difficult to assess the efficacy of the vaccine in preventing the infection, but it was certainly a long way from 100% and the reaction in several cases was just as bad as having the actual disease. To you, Mr. Mayor, Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen, I wish to record my sincere thanks for the consideration and help you have at all times shown to me, and to my staff I wish to record my sincere thanks for their able and conscientious performance of their duties. I am also deeply indebted to the chief clerk, secretary and staff in the Divisional Health Office for their assistance in preparation of the statistics for this report, and for the many extra duties carried out by them during the year, which were actually outside their Divisional Health Office duties. I have the honour to be. Your obedient servant, J. C. SLEIGH, Medical Officer of Health.