[Report 1964] / Medical Officer of Health, Banbury Borough.

  • Banbury (Oxfordshire, England). Borough Council.
Date:
1964
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Credit: [Report 1964] / Medical Officer of Health, Banbury Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    (c) Clinics and Treatment Centres CLINIC PLACE 1. Maternity & Child Welfare Clinic School Clinic Warwick Road 2. Ante-Natal Clinic Neithrop Hospital Warwick Road 3. School Clinic School Clinic 4. Child Guidance Clinic 5. Speech Clinic 6. Eye Clinic Horton Hospital 7. Orthopaedic Clinic TIME Tuesday & Friday 2.30 p. m. Wednesday morning by appointment Each Weekday 9 a„ m. also Tuesday 2 p. m. Thursday 10. 30 a. m. Wednesday 10 a.m. Monday 10 a.m, Thursday (1st. & 3rd) 2.30 p„ m. 8. Tuberculosis Clinic Thursday 1 p. m, 9. V. D„ Clinic 10oDiphtheria Immunisation Radcliffe Infirmary, Males - Wed* 6 p. mo Oxford - Sat. 3 p. ip. Females - Mon. 6 p.m. - Wed. 3 poin, School Clinic Every Tuesday 2.30 p.m. lloCombined Diphtheria, 15 Every Tuesday 2,80 p.m. Whooping Cough & Tetanus 12,Poliomyelitis Immunisation 11 Tuesday 2,15 p.m. PUERPERAL PYREXIA ~ No cases occurred during the year. maternal deaths = There were no maternal deaths during the year, ILLEGITIMATE CHILDREN There were 35 Illegitimate children born during the year. Of these 3 died before reaching the age of one year. This represents an Infant Mortality Rate of 85.7 per 1,000 as against 10.9 for legitimate children. NATIONAL ASSISTANCE ACT, 1948 - SECTION 47 No action has been necessary in the Borough during the year, SECTION Co SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA 1. Water Supply Water for the Borough was, up to the end of 1946, supplied by the Banbury Water company but, during that year, a Bill was passed by Parlia- ment under which the Town Council acquired the undertaking as from the 1st January, 1947, (Banbury Corporation Act, 1946). The water supply is from the River Cherwell at Grlmsbury and the Sor Brook at Bodlcote; It is treated by settlement, filtration and chlorination. During 1964 the supply was constant and sufficient.