[Report 1946] / Medical Officer of Health, Cockermouth U.D.C.

  • Cockermouth (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1946
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Credit: [Report 1946] / Medical Officer of Health, Cockermouth U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Six cases ol Scarlet I’ever (1915—27 cases) were notified—see two tables on inevious page. All were renaoved to hospital. Kecovci'y ensued in each case. 1 he case rate i)ei' j,000 of the po]ndation was, therefore 1.2 and the death I'ate nil as cominired with 5.6 (twenty-seven cases) and nil in 1945, res])ectively. The corresponding rates foi' all Eng- land and Wales (1946) were 1.68 and .00. There were two lh|)lilheria notifications tof two adults of 21 and 22 years, who had never I)een iinmunised)'so that the case and death rates iter 1,000 of (he population wore respectively .41 and nil, as compared with ml auu nil in 1945. The corresitonding rates foj' all England ami Wales (1946) were 0.28 and >01. The imnuuiisation campaign against Diphthei'ia was continued as before, entailing a lot of unseen work. Mosit of the actual inoculations were again given by me at the School Clinic (Harford House, Main Street). Co-operation of locat Medical Practitioners and Head Teachers, and, in particula)', that of the County Health Visitoi', i\liss Lawson is gratefully acknowledged. Miss Lawson retired at the end of the yeai‘ after a long peiiod of splendid service in this area. . During the year under review 25 elementary school children 5 to 14 years and 84 infants under 5 years were given primary injections (two at intervals of a few weeks) by me, personally, i.e. officially. 94 children received a single reinforcing dose (these are children who received two ]rrimary doses 4 to 5 years previously). I estimate the number (T children fully imununised is (a) 71 per cent of the child population under'5 yeai's of age, and (b) 88 per cent, of the child population 5 to 15 years of age. There were no notifications of Typhoid (including Para- typhoid Fever), Encephalitis Lethargica, Poliomyelitis, Cerebro- Spinal Meningitis, or Ophthalmia Neonatorum. Puerperal Pyrexia.—No notification received. The case rate for Puerperal Pyrexia (including Puerperal Fever) is better ex- pressed in relation to the number of births registered than to the ])opulation. When calculated on this basis the rate is Puerperal Pjrexia nil per 1000 total births (i.e. live and still births), the same as in 1945. The corresponding rate (1946) for England and M'ales was 8.05
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