[Report 1927] / Monmouthshire County Council.

  • Monmouthshire County Council
Date:
1927
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    4 (9) Provision be made for tlie continuance of experimental investigation with a view to tlie furtherance of knowleclg-e of vaccinia and of the virus diseases in general, with special reference to the pathogenesis of the nervous complications which occasionally follow those diseases. Chicken Pox Owing tO' the epidemic of Small Pox in the County, Chicken Pox was made notifiable in practically all the Urban and Rural areas. 1,222 cases wei’e notified during the year*. Whooping Cough. The number of deaths from this disease during the year was 35, and shows an increase upon the figure for 1926, whicli was 27, in 1925 there were 88 deaths, in 1924, 2( deaths, and 81 deaths in 1923. The disease is not compulsorily notifiable. Encephalitis Lethargica Of the 21 cases notified by the District Medical Officers, there were 13 deaths recorded. The figures for the year 1926 were 11 cases notified and 10 deaths. Tlie cases were notified from the following Urban districts:-—Abergavenny, 2; Abersychan, 1; Abertillery, 1; Blaenavon, 7; Chepstow, 4; Ebbw Vale, 1; Nantyglo and Blaina, 1; Rhymney, 3; Risca, 1. Public Health (Pneumonia, Malaria, Dysentery, etc.) Regulations, 1919. 348 deaths from Pneumonia occurred during the year 1927, wliich is unfortunately, an increase of 102' upon the figure for 1926. Although there is a slight improvement in the notifications under these Regulations, the position is still far from satisfactory, consequently the figures available are no indication of tlie number of persons attacked. In Abertillery, the Medical Officer of Health reports that notice was duly given to all medical practitioners in the area of tlie duties imposed upon them by these Regulations, and their special attention has again been called to the fact that cases of acute Pneumonia and Inflveiwal Pneumonia, were notifiable diseases. Influenza. The number of deaths from influenza in 1927, was 175, as compared with 96 in 1926. The Medical Officers of Health for the Urban Distncts of Pontypool Panteg and Llantamaim report that Influenza became epidemc in the early part of the year, especially among the very young. With a view to preventing the spread of the disease tlie infants’ department of the Gfriffithstown School was closed for a time. In the Magor Rural District the disease was prevalent also- during the first quarter of the year.