[Report 1955] / Medical Officer of Health, Kenilworth U.D.C.

  • Kenilworth (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1955
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Credit: [Report 1955] / Medical Officer of Health, Kenilworth U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    During the year there has been an improvement in the standard of the transportation of meat. (d) Other Trades.—Where food is prepared or sold, the premises have been inspected as frequently as possible, and have usually been found to be in a reasonably satisfactory condition. There is a general increase in the use of modern equipment, which is reflected in a higher standard of article being sold. FOOD AND DRUGS (MILK, DAIRIES AND ARTIFICIAL CREAM) ACT, 1950, Section 8. Tuberculous Milk Investigations—Routine Milk Samples for biological examinations during the Year, 1955, were taken by authorised officers of the County Council from places within the district with the following results :— Designation of Milk. Pasteurised Total No. of Samples. 1 No. Positive. Nil f‘Tuberculin Tested (Pasteurised)” — — 'Tuberculin Tested” . . . • . . 2 Nil N on-Designated • • • 3 Nil F. PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER INFECTIOUS DISEASE. Incidence of Major Infectious Diseases since 1048. 1948 1 Diphtheria. Scarlet s© Fever. | Enteric ' Fever. , „ Pneumonia, to 1 Anterior Poliomyelitis , Puerperal Pvrexia. 1949 6 6 4 — — 1950 2 9 1 5 1 1951 1 17 — 68 — — 1952 — 10 — 10 — — 1953 — 1 1 3 5 1954 — — — 2 1 1955 — 4 9 — —