[Report 1939] / Medical Officer of Health, Wednesbury Borough.

Wednesbury (England). Borough Council.

Date:: 1939

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Immunisation against Diphtheria. This has been earried out as detailed in the report for 1938. From September, 1936, to December 31st, 1939, 939 children have completed a course through the School Medical Service and 338 through Infant Welfare Centres. Particulars are as follows :— 1—5 years 5 years of age. and over. 1936 32 165 1937 28 302 1938 68 168 1939 210 304 Hospital Accommodation. No increased accommodation is yet available. On the 27th of March the South Staffordshire Joint Hospital District Act, 1939, received the Royal Assent. Tuberculosis. Respiratory. Non-Respiratory. New Cases : Males 20 7 Females 15 1 Deaths : Males 15 4 Females 5 1 At the end of the year 164 persons were on the Register. Respiratory. N on-Respiratory. Males 48 42 Females 60 14 During the year 161 Sputum Tests were carried out at the County Laboratory, 37 being positive, 124 negative. Close co-operation is maintained with the Tuberculosis Officer (Dr. D. J. Loughran). Vaccination. Dr. G. E. V. Morris, the Public Vaccinator, has rendered the following return for the year 1939 : — Births, 526 ; Vaccinations, 42 ; Declarations, 370 ; Insus¬ ceptibility, 1 ; Deaths, 20 ; Postponements, 15 ; Removals, 21. Cases to be dealt with by the Vaccination Officer, 57.