[Report 1953] / Medical Officer of Health, Caithness County Council.

  • Caithness (Scotland). County Council.
Date:
1953
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Credit: [Report 1953] / Medical Officer of Health, Caithness County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    To the Department of Health for Scotlo-nd, and the County Council of the County of Ce.ithness, Ladies and Gentlamcn, I liave the honour to submit ray Annual Report as Medical Officer of Health for the County of Caithness for the year ending 31st December, 1953. In general, the standard of health in the County has been good. The Infantile Mortality Rate of 24 per 1000 live births is the lo\70st yet recorded in Caithness. The number of confirmed nev; causes of res-piratoiy tuberculosis notified during the year v^ras 21, compared v/ith 15 in 1952. The nuriioer of dcatlis from tuberculosis lias ho\7Cver decreased - there v/ere only 3 deaths in 1953. A. similar tendency for the deaths fran tuberculosis to decrease while the number of notifications remains station- ary or increases is o.lso being experienced in most other parts of the country. The County Council approved the nev; appointment of a Nursing Superintendent - Miss Henrietta Macmillan, S.R.N,, S.C.M., who T.as appointed to the xiost at the end of 1953 but was unable to talce up her duties till early in 1954. I would like to talce this oxiportunity to express my thanlcs to the Caithness County Council and the officiaJs of the Northern Regional Hospita.1 Boa.rd (Scotland) for their helpful co-opera.tion throughout the yean, and also to thanic the staff of the Public Health Department for their loyaJ. support. I am } Ladies and Gentlemen, Your obedient Servant Medical Officer of Heslth