[Report 1950] / Medical Officer of Health, Ashton-under-Lyne Borough.

  • Ashton-under-Lyne (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1950
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Credit: [Report 1950] / Medical Officer of Health, Ashton-under-Lyne Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TOWN HALL CHAMBERS, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE. TO THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF TIIE BOROUGH OF ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE. MR. MAYOR, MR. CHAIRMAN, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I have pleasure in submitting my report on the health of the Borough of Ashton-under-Lyne for the year 1950. It will be noted that there have been slight declines in both the birth-rate and the death-rate. The lowest number of deaths of children under one year ever recorded in the Borough (25) gives the record low infantile mortality rate of 34 per 1,000. There were fewer cases of Measles than in 1949, but Whoop- ing Cough was more prevalent. The case incidence rate for Pulmonary Tuberculosis showed a decline from 1.35 to 0.90, but this figure is still higher than the 1949 figure for the county as a whole. There were 6 cases of Diphtheria reported, and whilst this is a welcome reduction in incidence from recent years, it is still a reflection that the proportion of children immunised in relation to the child population is not great enough. There were 8 cases of Poliomyelitis reported in the year as against 6 in 1949. I would take this opportunity of expressing my thanks to the Chairman and Members of the Health Committee for their support during the year and to Mr. Handforth, the Chief Sanitary Inspector, for his invaluable assistance. I am, Ladies and Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, ALAN S. SIMPSON, Medical Officer of Health.