[Report 1942] / Medical Officer of Health, Pudsey Borough.
- Pudsey (England). Borough Council.
- Date:
- 1942
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1942] / Medical Officer of Health, Pudsey Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER, INFECTiOUS DISEASES. NOTIFICATIONS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES DURING 1942. RECEIVED Paratyphoid . i Scarlet Fever. r8 Diphtheria. ... . 28 Acute Pneumonia . ... . 17 Cercbro Spinal Fever . 3 Dysentery . 4 Erysipelas . ... . 6 Tuberculosis (a) Respiratory . 9 Tuberculosis (b) Other Fonms . ... ... 14 Measles . 219 Whooping- Coug’h ... . 64 Opthalmia Neonatorum . 3 lAtal ... ... 426 Cases of Infectious Diseases admitted to Hospital; Scarlet Fever . ... . Diphtheria . .. Cerebro Spinal Fever . Enteric Fever. Dysentry . Erysipelas . ... ... 54 27 o 0 I I I Total. 87 SECTION C — SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA. SEWAGE DISPOSAL. I am indebted to Mr. Basil H. Noble, Borough Surveyor, for the following report regarding Sewage Disposal in the borough. I. The sewage is dealt with in four portions:— (a) Houghside Sewage Works consists of detritus tank, precipi¬ tation tanks, storm tank, percolating filters, humus tanks and land treatment. Milk of lime is used as a precipitant and sludge is disposed of on drying beds. ]1](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30000294_0013.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
