[Report 1960] / Medical Officer of Health, Banbury Borough.

  • Banbury (Oxfordshire, England). Borough Council.
Date:
1960
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Credit: [Report 1960] / Medical Officer of Health, Banbury Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Infant Mortalityo The InfarLt Mortality was 19.3 per ij OOO births as compared with 21.7 per ip 000 for England and Wales, and 20.1 for the Borough In 1959. The Neo-^natal Death Rate l.e. thenumber of deaths during the first four weeks of life was i4.5 and for the first week. 12.1. It Is felt that whether adeath occurs as a stillbirth oras a death during theflrst weekmaybe a matter of chance and that the Perl-natal Death Rate - the figures for the stillbirths and deaths during the first week-gives a better Indication. This was 26.2 for the Borough In i960. Housing. During the year considerable progress has been made with regard to the Slum Clearance Programme„ A further 141 houses were represented as unfit l.e. 5 Compulsory Purchase Areas (107 houses) and one Clearance Area (31 houses) and 3 Individual unfit houses. Up to the end of 1960, 4il houses have been dealt with as unfit. This means that the 5year Slum Clearance programme has been virtually completed, as there areonly some 12 houses remaining to be dealt with, It may be that under Circular 2/60 of the Ministry of Housing and Local Government some further houses may require tobe dealt with, but the number Is not likely to be large. AS faras caravans are concerned the position has been altered considerably by the Caravan Sites & Control ofDevelopment Act, i960. There are at present 85 caravans on licensed sites under the Act in the Borough. Full details are given In the report of the Chief public Health inspector. Food Hygiene. (a) Miik. Since 1957 all milk sold In the County must be either Pasteurised, Sterilised or Tuberculin-tested. This has helped to reduce the Incidence of milk borne diseases such as Bovine Tuberculosis and Undulant Fever. It Is possible, however, for Bovine Tuberculosis to occur when milk comes from a Tuberculin- tested herd without having ever been pasteurised and this has occurred In the County recently. (b) Food Premises. The usual inspections under the Food Hygiene Regulations were carried out during the year, and again more attention was placed on Informal Instruction by the Public Health Inspectors during the course of their visits than to formal lectures. The