[Report 1966] / Medical Officer of Health, County Council of the Palatine of Chester / Cheshire County Council.

  • Cheshire (England). County Council.
Date:
1966
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Credit: [Report 1966] / Medical Officer of Health, County Council of the Palatine of Chester / Cheshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    were found to have active tuberculosis and seven cancer of the lung. B.C.G. vaccination was given to 9,225 children and young persons, and in addition 437 persons were vaccinated as ‘contacts’. Health education is a branch of the work of the department which is likely to be developed. The Central Council for Health Education was invited to organise a day conference at which members of the Health, School Health and Dental, Education and Children’s depart- ments were represented. At this conference it was agreed that a common approach to this problem would be worked out. Demand for chiropody while remaining high seems to be levelling off. Treatments given to the over 65 age group rose only from 57,225 to 58,321. Likewise, after a great burst of initial demand, the requests for cervical smears appear not to be increasing at their former rate. The great difficulty in this service is making contact with those most vulnerable to the disease, namely those in poor circumstances who have had a large number of pregnancies. Those who come forward readily are more often from the less vulnerable groups. During the year 9,470 women were examined, and of these 250 needed further investigation, and 40 had carcinoma, which otherwise had not come to light. Of infectious diseases the trend over the past ten years is en- couraging in the case of whooping cough. Outstanding is the persistence of measles (16,814 notifications). This disease leaves in its wake a number of complications, which have more permanent effects than is generally realised. The need for a vaccination scheme against measles has been referred to above. Ante- and post-natal clinics at Cheadle and Stalybridge were closed, which is an indication of the welcome trend of general prac- titioners dealing with their own patients on a clinic basis. New midwives clinics were established at Winsford (Wharton) and Winsford (Over). New Young Children’s Clinics were started during the year at Greasby, Sale Moor (Conway Road) and Winsford (Wharton). As a result of positive measures to aid recruitment in the Domestic Help Service the number of hours worked increased from 691,714 :7