[Report 1939] / Medical Officer of Health, Derbyshire County Council.

  • Derbyshire (England). County Council
Date:
1939
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Credit: [Report 1939] / Medical Officer of Health, Derbyshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Puerperal Pyrexia - The following Table shows the total number of cases of Puerperal Pyrexia notified to me during the year 1939 and the case rat© from this disease per 1,000 births 2- Whole County M. & C.\7. •55'(excluding Chesterfield Area, Boroug]r:J Number of live births «., • 8,823 7859 Disease Ho. of cases Case rate per 1,000 births 1 Whole M.C.W. TOiole .M.C.Wa County Area C ounty ■ Area Puerperal Pyrexia 71 63 8,05 . .;,8.01 * As Chesterfield Borough is the Local Supervising Authority their figures are not includedo Ophthalmia Neonatorum ---The■incidence of Ophthalmia Neonatorum during ...the year and the results of treatment .are set out in the following Table Notified Cases Treated Vision Unimpaired Vision Impaired Total Blindness No. of Deaths At home In Hospital 26 14 12 23 - - 3 I.Iaternal Mortality - The maternal mortality rate for the County (excluding the Borough of Chesterfield) for the year 1939 was 2,15 per thousand births. - I.1EDICAL TREATIIENT OF CHILDREN UNDER FIVE YEARS OP AGE. There is available, for children coming within the scope of the LI. & C.V/. Committee, the treatment of minor ailments, ear nose and throat conditions, eye conditions, dental conditions, and orthopaedic treatment for both in-patients and out-patients, the in-patients being treated at Bretby Hall Orthopaedic Hospital, The n-amber of children coming for such treatment during the year 1939 Y;as as follo'ws:- ■ Ear, Nose and Throat conditions Eye conditions Dental Conditions ... ... Orthopaedic Treatment;- In-patients ... Out-patients ... 34 44 1017 52 plus 1 evacuee 350 plus 4 evacuees