[Report 1961] / Medical Officer of Health, Southampton County Borough.

  • Southampton (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1961
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Credit: [Report 1961] / Medical Officer of Health, Southampton County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    INFECTIOUS DISEASES. The following beds are provided in hospitals administered by the Regional Hospital Board:— Weyhill Smallpox Hospital 14 beds for suspicious and Andover confirmed cases. Southampton Chest Hospital 56 beds for infectious cases 118 beds for tuberculosis cases. The following table shows details of infectious notifications and the number of cases removed to hospital. CASES NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR, CLASSIFIED IN AGES Disease Number of Cases Notified at Ages— - Y ears Total cases Total Cases Admitted to Chest Hosp. Under 1 year 1 and 1 under 5 1 years 5 and under 15 years 15 and under 25 years 25 and 1 under | 45 years | 45 and 1 under | 65 years I 65 years and upward Age j unknown j Scarlet Fever 2 20 29 1 Diphtheria _ _ ' Paratyphoid Fever _ _ ' Puerperal Pyrexia — — . 75 55 1 1 ^ ] Erysipelas — _ 3 1 1 1 1 < Meningococcal J Infection 1 I — 1 1 A Acute Poliomyelitis — 4 1 1 f. 1 Acute Encephalitis — _ 2 __ 1 Ophthalmia Neonatorum 3 _ J Dysentery 1 11 17 2 3 1 J 1 n Malaria _ _ 1 u Pneumonia 2 3 3 1 2 4 2 17 ■ Measles 112 2249 1987 19 8 44 4419 1 Whooping Cough 16 84 64 ___ 1 1 Food Poisoning 1 1 — 2 7 3 — 2 1 \J ^ 16 1 Totals 138 2373 2103 100 81 9 3 49 4856 19 I FOOD POISONING 16 single cases were notified. In no case was an infective agent i identified or any food shown to be responsible for the illness. 12 cases were ascertained in a small outbreak associated with ; a meal at a restaurant providing about 200 mid-day meals. Those j afi'ected had diarrhoea 12 to 24 hours after the meal, and they in- ■ eluded three food-handlers working in the restaurant. One of the ; three was found to be excreting Salmonella saint paul. The : affected foodhandlers became ill at the same time as the customers ; concerned. The other 9 foodhandlers were examined but had no ,1 symptoms and were not found to be infected. The origin of the II infection was not ascertained.