[Report 1947] / Medical Officer of Health, Ashington U.D.C.

  • Ashington (Northumberland, England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1947
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Credit: [Report 1947] / Medical Officer of Health, Ashington U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    SECTION F. PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER, INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES. Hospital accommodation for cases of infectious diseases was provided throughout the year at the Ashington Unit of the South East Northumberland Joint Hospital Board, of which the Urban District Council is a constituent authority. TABLE SHOWING ANALYSIS OF NOTIFIED CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES UNDER AGE GROUPS. Disease. Under 1 year 1 CN 1 rr) 1 •'T O T in VO T o 15—20 20—35 35—45 45—65 Over 65 Total Cases Notified Admitted to Hospital Deaths Diphtheria — — 1 — 2 2 i 2 — — 1 — 9 7 Scarlet Fever ... — — 2 1 — 11 7 2 1 — — — 24 3 — Pneumonia Cerebro-spinal [2*] 1 1 — — — 3 1 3 1 8 3 23 IB 13 Menengitis ... Ac. Anterior — — — — — — — 1 — — — 1 1 1 Poliomyelitis... Ophthalmia — — 1 — — — — 1 — — — — 2 1 — Neonatorum ... 1 — 1 — — Erysipelas Malaria (contracted — — — — — — — — — — 2 — 2 — — abroad) 1 1 Whooping Cough 3 1 1 l 1 — — — — — — — 7 — — Measles 14 52 57 56 34 86 4 1 1 305 * Age unknown. I Unknown. Diphtheria—The number of cases of this disease dropped sharply in 1947. Only 9 cases were notified as compared with 76 in the previous year and for the first time for seven years no deatii from Diphtheria was recorded. Of these 9 cases, 8 occurred during the first six months and the ninth one at the end of December. Five of the cases were known to have been immunised. The Appended table shows the notifications and deaths in the past 10 years:— Year. 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 Cases 175 179 8 5 12 18 34 197 76 9 Deaths ... 5 4 1 2 2 2 4 3 “— It is, as yet, too early to say whether this fall in incidence and mortality is due to the fact that a high proportion of the child population has been immunised or is merely a natural sequence following the years of high incidence.