[Report 1908] / Medical Officer of Health, Blackpool County Borough.

  • Blackpool (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1908
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Credit: [Report 1908] / Medical Officer of Health, Blackpool County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    VACCINATION. Through the courtesy of Mr. Thomas Dixon, the Regis- trar of Births and Deaths, I am informed that the number of successful primary vaccinations during the year was 650. This includes those performed by the private prac- titioners as well as by the public vaccinators. This is not a satisfactory figure. It compares with previous years as follows ;— 1907, 809 ; 1906, 868. The Report of the Poor Law Commission, just issued, advocates the transference of many of the duties of the Poor Law Guardians to the County or County Borough Councils. This transference is, in my opinion, somewhat remote, but the greatest anomaty of all, and one which should be rectified forthwith, is that the working of the Vaccination Acts should be in hands of the Poor Law Authority and not in the hands of the Authority whose chief duty is to safeguard the health conditions of the community at large. MEASLES. Notifications, 1,268 ; Deaths, 15. i This disease (which has been notifiable in Blackpool since the year 1879) was very prevalent during 1908. In Table XVII., on page 57, the comparisons ^\^th ])revious years will be found, and it will l)e seen that only once in the period