[Report 1937] / Medical Officer of Health, Brackley R.D.C.

  • Brackley (England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1937
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Credit: [Report 1937] / Medical Officer of Health, Brackley R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    NUMBERS OF BIR I HS AND DEATHS AND ESTIMATED POPULATION ANNUALLY SINCE 1928. Bracklev Middleton Cheney Brackley R.D. & Middleton Cheney R.D. R.D. R.D. Pop- Deaths. Births. Deaths. Births. Deaths. Births. Increase. Decrease. ulation 1928 103 74 36 35 139 109 30 8656 1929 85 88 18 38 103 126 23 8662 1930 102 90 26 37 128 127 1 8586 1931 76 91 17 3 2 93 I23 30 8521 1932 87 81 24 20 111 IOI 10 8517 1933 88 72 18 25 106 97 9 8446 1934 93 75 33 29 126 104 22 8306 1935 122 105 6 8 128 113 15 8272 *936 I07 80 107 80 27 8240 J937 H3 124 r43 124 19 8180 General Provision of Health Services. (a). Laboratory Facilities. The Council have agreed to pay to the Northampton General Hospital 2/6 for every swab submitted by medical practitioners and examined for the presence of diphtheria bacilli. A copy of the report of every swab examined is sent to the Medical Officer of Health as well as to the medical practitioner who sent the swab. During the year six such swabs were examined. All were negative. A sample of blood from a patient suspected of suffering from typhoid fever was sent to the Northampton General Hospital for bacteriological examination. The result was negative. Sputum from suspected cases of Pulmonary Tuberculosis are examined without charge for medical practitioners by the Clinical Tuberculosis Officer of the County Council. Samples of milk are taken from producers and retailers and are submitted to the County Council’s laboratory for bacteriological examination. The test usually carried out is known as the “ Methylene Blue Reduction Test.” The test depends on the fact that methylene blue loses its colour when it loses oxygen. Oxygen is used up by bacteria multiplying in raw milk and the time taken for the dye to be decolourised is a measure of the bacterial activity, i.e. the cleanliness and the keeping quality of the milk. Of the 116 samples of milk submitted for examination, 75 were satisfactory, 6 were moderate and 37 were bad. Samples of water from Sulgrave and Charlton were submitted to the County Council’s laboratory for bacteriological examination.