[Report 1928] / Medical Officer of Health, Chelmsford Borough.

  • Chelmsford (England). Borough Council
Date:
1928
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Credit: [Report 1928] / Medical Officer of Health, Chelmsford Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Annual Report of the Joint Hospital Board for the Year 1928. Cases admitted during each month were as follows :— Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria. Typhoid, Other Diseases. January .. 23 4 0 0 February 9 1 0 2 Tonsilitis March 8 1 0 2 April 6 0 0 0 May .. 1G 11 0 0 June 4 ... 20 0 3 Measles July 5 ... 12 1 2 Meningitis (l died) August 9 5 0 1 „ (died) September 11 6 0 0 October 7 7 2 0 November 8 ... 17 0 0 December 9 ... 10 0 1 Erysipelas (died) Total .. 115 ... 94 3 11 = 223 total. Patients remaining from 1927 25 3 0 0 Including 28 patients remaining from 1927, the total number of patients in the Hospital for the year was 251. Total deaths were 6. These were 1 Erysipelas, 2 Meningitis, 3 Diphtheria. Total death-rate for All diseases = 2.39 per cent, of all diseases admitted. „ Diphtheria = 3.19 ,, Diphtheria cases ,, Of 94 cases admitted as Diphtheria 4 proved to be Tonsilitis.
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