[Report 1944] / Medical Officer of Health, Brighouse Borough.

  • Brighouse (England). Council. nb2008024084.
Date:
1944
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Credit: [Report 1944] / Medical Officer of Health, Brighouse Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD. Milk Supply. ' The position is as described in the Chief Sanitary Inspector’s Report. Special reference is made there to Resazurin test for the keeping quality of milk. Meat and Other Foods. A detailed statement regarding the action taken with regard to meat and other foods is given in the Sanitary Inspector’s Report. Adulteration, etc. The administration of the Food and Drugs Act is carried out by the West Riding County Council. Chemical and Bacteriological Examinations of Food. Samples of foodstuffs for chemical and bacteriological exami- nations are taken by the County Council. PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER, INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES. General. The notifiable diseases most prevalent during 1944 were Scarlet Fever, Measles and Chicken Pox. Diphtheria Immunisation. Children were immunised at the Infant Welfare Centres, at a special morning session at Huddersfield Road Centre and in the Schools. The prophylactics used are two doses each 0.5 c.c. Alum Precipitated Toxoid for children under 8 years, and 0.5 c.c of the same material for the re-inforcing dose. For children over 8 years Toxoid Antitoxin Floccules are used, three doses of 1.0 c.c. each. The practice of giving one re-inforcing dose of 0.5c.c. A.P.T. to previously immunised children on reaching the age of four and a half to five years was continued. 301 pre-school children and 409 school children received ’ complete treatment, increasing the number of immunised children in the Borough to 2910. 165 children received a re-inforcing dose.