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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Feltham 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Feltham]
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Ophthalmia Neonatorum
One case of Ophthalmia Neonatorum was notified. The
child was treated at home and there was no impairment of
vision.
Tuberculosis
| Age Periods | New Cases | Deaths | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Respiratory | Non-Respiratory | Respiratory | Non-Respiratory | |||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| Under 5 yrs | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 5—14 yrs. | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 15—24 yrs. | 8 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| 25—44 yrs. | 13 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| 45—64 yrs. | 8 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Over 65 yrs. | 4 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Total | 35 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | — | — |
Tuberculosis
Deaths from tuberculosis are lower this year but the
number of new cases notified shows a small increase.
I wish to refer here to a report received from Dr. P. E.
Baldry the Consultant Physician with regard to the work of
the Ashford Chest Clinic during 1954 and 1955, the two
years it has been in operation. Dr. Baldry refers to modern
chemotherapy with its more effective methods of using certain
drugs and to the greatly improved results being achieved.
Such strides have been made in the treatment of tuberculosis
that he is able to record that for the first time during 1955
there have been empty beds in the Tuberculosis wards at
Ashford Hospital.
Reference is also made to the prevailing high rate of
notification of tuberculosis which Dr. Baldry considers to
be mainly due to successful case finding and he mentions
particularly the miniature X-Ray examinations. He states
that the amount of tuberculosis infectivity in the community
is steadily declining.
Maternal Mortality
No maternal deaths occurred during the year.
Persons in Need of Care and Attention.
It became necessary for action to be taken under the
National Assistance Act. 1948, section 47 (as amended) in
respect of an elderly lady who was unable to care for herself.
An application was made to the Magistrates Court and
an order made for her removal to accommodation provided
by the Middlesex County Council under the provisions of
the National Assistance Act.