[Report 1929] / Medical Officer of Health, Darlington County Borough.

  • Darlington (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1929
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Credit: [Report 1929] / Medical Officer of Health, Darlington County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Enteric Fever.—Six cases were notified and removed to the Isolation Hos])ital. Two deaths occurred among these })atients at the Isolation Hos])ital, one being certified as due to Tulierenlar Meningitis. Pneumonia.—Of the 195 eases of primary and influenzal ' pneumonia notified 24 severe eases were admitted to the Fever Hospital from homes which were considered nnsnitable foi- projier nursing. Seven of these twenty-four eases died, a mortality of 29 per cent., while of the 171 eases nursed at home 102 died, a mortality of 60% as far as one can judge from notification. ^ Influenza was prevalent during the early part of the year and i swelled our death rate eonsiderably, though not to such an extent I as in neighbouring towns. A Home Nursing Serviee was arranged [ through the Queen’s Nurses’ Association which did excellent work. I Whooping Cough.—One hundred and forty-six eases were [ notified and eleven deaths oecairred, compared with 3S and one in t 1928. The notification of this disease, first eases under five years !of age within two months, informs us of infected houses and serves to impress on the public the seriousness of the eomjilieations V involved, and should in future lead to reduction in mortality < from what is too often considered a trivial ailment from which all children must suffer. The Queen’s Nurses paid 22 visits to two eases with eom- 3 plications. tf Puerperal Fever and Puerperal Pyrexia.—One ease of Puer- peral Fever and fifteen eases of Pnerj)cral Pyrexia were notified involving four deaths. It is interesting to re])ort that half of our severe puer})eral infections arise as tlie result of abortion or miscarriage. »1 jli i' On the 18th October, 1927 the Minister of Health apj)roved of the following scheme for the nursing of Puer])eral Fever and Puerperal Pyrexia :— (a) Home nursing by the Darlington Queen’s Nurses’ Association at a fee of 1 /- ])er visit. I {h) Arrangements with the University of Durham Follegc of I Medicine, Ncweastlc-uj)on-Tyne, for bacteriological examinations at lOs. 6d. each. (c) Consultations with the Medical OHieer of Health as required by the general practitioners.