[Report 1948] / Medical Officer of Health, Sedgefield (Union) R.D.C.

  • Sedgefield (England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1948
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Credit: [Report 1948] / Medical Officer of Health, Sedgefield (Union) R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Tuberculosis. The Mortality rate for the respiratory form of the disease shows a slight decline from 0*423 in 1947 to 0’380 in 1948. The Mortality rate for the Non-Respiratory form of the disease increased from 0*030 in 1947 to 0*087 in 1948. There was an increase of 5 in the number of notifications of the pulmonary type in 1948 and a decrease of 1 in the notifications]of the non-pulmonary type in 1948 as compared with 1947. (Notifi¬ cations from the Mental Hospital are excluded in the above remarks). Infectious Disease, The notifications of these diseases are set out in a separate table in the report. There was a large increase in the number of notifications as compared with 1947. The biggest increase was in Measles from 117 in 1947 to 421 in 1948. The next largest increase was in Whooping Cough from 13 in 1947 to 92 in 1948. There was also an increase in cases of Scarlet Fever from 111 in 1947 to 141 in 1948. Pneumonia increased from 10 cases in 1947 to 29 in 1948. There were 5 positive cases of diphtheria in 1948 and no deaths. Poliomyelitis. No case of Poliomyelitis occurred in the district during the year. Typhoid and Paratyphoid. No case of typhoid or paratyphoid occurred in the district during the year. Food Poisoning. No case of the above was notified during the year. Dysentery. 16 cases were notified, of these 14 were from the Mental Hospital. The remaining 2 cases were children living in a house at Chilton Buildings. Bacteriological examinations of specimens from other members of the same household showed that 3 of these were carriers of the Dysentery Bacilli. The 2 patients and the 3 carriers were removed to the Isolation Hospital. No further case occurred in the locality. Diphtheria Immunisation. Under the National Health Service Act, 1946, this work was transferred on 5th July, 1948, to the Durham County Council. Scabies. 28 cases were notified compared with 37 in 1947 and 47 for the first 6 months of 1946. This shows a welcome decline in the incidence of the disease.