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Middletown health director reports disease counts, staffing changes and IT upgrades
Summary
The medical director reported current counts for reportable illnesses and described lower annualized totals than last year; the environmental health director announced a staff resignation, pool-licensing work and a transition to a cloud-based HealthSpace system.
The Middletown medical director provided the board with current reportable-illness counts and operational observations during the April 14 meeting. The director reported 17 chlamydia cases, 6 gonorrhea, 5 chronic hepatitis C, 2 chronic hepatitis B, 2 acute hepatitis (C or B), 2 strep A, 1 streptococcus pneumoniae, 1 shigella, 6 pertussis (noted as elevated) and 1 campylobacter; the director said the annualized totals appear lower than the previous year.
"First off, we have 17 chlamydia, 6 gonorrhea, 5 hepatitis c, 2 hepatitis b chronic...6 pertussis," the medical…
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