[Report 1960] / Medical Officer of Health, Teignmouth U.D.C.

  • Teignmouth (England). U.D. Council.
Date:
1960
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    H. M. DAVIES, M.A., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., D.P.H. ASSISTANT COUNTY MEDICAL OEFlCtr.; DEVON COUNTY COUNCIL. MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH : DAWLISH U.D.C. NEV/TON ABBOT R.D.C NEWTON ABBOT U.D.C. TEIGNMOUTH U.D.C. AND PORT HEALTH AUTHCRITY. COUNCIL OFFICES. KINGSTEIGNTON ROAD Newton Abbot. TEIGITMOUTH URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL ANNUAL REPORT -1960 Mr. Chairman and Councillors. Ladies and G-entlemen_, I present herr/crith.'my Yinnual Report for the year 1960, The Vital Statistics regarding the Birth and Death rates differ very litt.le from the figures applicahle to the Adminis¬ trative County of Devon or England and i'Vales as a whole and there¬ fore call for no commento The Table giving t.he age at death shows that one hundred and five of the one hundred and ninety three deaths recorded v/ere aged 75 or more years^ It also shows that only eight deaths occurred .in persons aged less than 45 years. Of the eight, three v/ere certified as Toeing due to suicide and one as Toeing due to accidental causes^, If one suTotracts these four deaths the fact remains thatc four deaths occurred from natural causes in persons aged less than 45 years. No deaths were caused Toy TuToerculosis, Poliomyelitis, Diph¬ theria or any of the other Infectious Diseases. This is remarkaTole progress sjid provided that parents do not Toecome complacent, there is no reason wh.y these three diseases could not Toe elimin¬ ated within the course of the next decade or so. Regarding the Port Health Authority, the Port continues to Toe very Tousj-'- and in March, 1960 Mr. P. Langston, the Assistant PuTolic Health Inspector and I attended a course of instruction at the Port of London in order that the Port of Teignmouth may Toecome one of the designated ports at v/hich Deratting Certificates and Deratting Exemption Certificates can Tbe issued to ships as and v/hen necessary^ The Port was designated under the Ministry of Health for Derattisation on the 1 st. May, 1 960,