[Report 1946] / Medical Officer of Health, Bebington Borough.

  • Bebington (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1946
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Credit: [Report 1946] / Medical Officer of Health, Bebington Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    of the mouthl}’ whooping cough reports (from which are compiled the annual statistics required by the Ministry of Health as a con- dition of their approval of the service in Bebington) show that of the 73 cases of whooping cough which occurred during 1946 four of the cases had been immunised, one a few months previously at the Clinics by your Medical Officer of Health, and three some years pre- vioush' by general practitioners who had not used the vaccine which is to-day the general choice, based on the reports received by your Medical Officer of Health from the few authorities offering immuni- sation against whooping cough. Further, these four cases were re- ported as being extremel,v mild, and I am inclined to believe the disease was modified by the immunisation. A feature of the total cases suffering from whooping cough was their occurrence largely in the 3-6 group, which would appear to indicate their greater susceptibility than the 0-2 group in that they were not submitted for immunisation, neither, generally Speaking, were the mothers (as in the case of the 0-2 group) present at the clinics where instruction was given as to the best methods of isola- tion and segregation. Water Supply. Regarding the water supph^ of the Borough of Bebington upon which I have been instructed to I'eport by the Ministry of Health, I have collaborated with C. Hardman, Esq., M.Inst.C.E., Engineer to the West Cheshire Water Board, and we are in mutual agreemeni with the following report:— The water is supplied by the West Cheshire Water Board from three sources, i.e., Prenton, Hooton and Mouldsworth, and is ob- tained by pumping from deep wells, bores and adits through the installation of steam and electrically-driven machinery. A new borehole is at present in course of being driven into the underlying sandstone bedrock on the existing Hooton Pumping Station site, and boring operations at the time of writing (June 3rd, 1947) have been carried down to 200 feet below the surface, and test pumping will be carried out after a sufficient penetration has been made into the water bearing sandstone rock, which was nret at about 150 feet below the surface. The water from the three Pumping Stations con- tains much lime, and the following remarks are identical with those contained in my report for 1945, as so far the West Cheshire Water Board has not been able to revert to its pre-War softening standards; in t,he case of Prenton to 13.5 p.p. roo,ooo before it i.s