[Report 1925] / Medical Officer of Health, West Sussex County Council.

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1925
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Credit: [Report 1925] / Medical Officer of Health, West Sussex County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The following Table shows the number of cases of Infectious Disease notified in the Urban Districts, Rural Districts and the County as a whole during the past five years. TABLE X. Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the past five years. Diphtheria Erysipelas Scarlet Fever Enteric Fever Puerperal Fever Cerebro-Spinal Fever. .2 • .2 o »-H Encephalitis Lethargica ()phthalmia Neonatorum Pulmonary Tuberculosis Other Forms of Tuberculosis Trench Fever Pneumonia Malaria Typhus Anthrax Dysentry TOTAL Cases removed to Isltn. Hospitals * Urban Districts : 1921 115 18 321 14 1 1 — 3 9 131 29 ■- 25 — ■- — — 007 337 1922 55 7 202 9 5 — 3 9 110 30 — 34 1 ■- — -- 531 171 1923 50 10 118 13 5 1 0 2 0 135 33 — 33 — 2 — — 420 119 1924 26 15 149 17 3 9 4 2 12 135 37 — 52 — — •- 454 125 1925 29 18 176 8 2 1 — 1 7 100 34 45 9 tmd — — — 423 160 Total . 281 74 1020 01 10 5 10 11 43 017 103 — 189 3 2 — •— 2501 918 Rural Districts : 1921. 48 2 142 2 2 — 1 2 9 103 24 1 40 — — — 382 88 1922 . 20 5 175 3 — — 3 10 116 20 — 30 — — — — 394 67 1923 . 19 6 108 10 2 2 4 3 3 124 29 — 35 2 — 1 — 348 79 1924 . 27 11 123 18 3 2 1 4 5 117 44 — 59 •- — — 414 111 1925 . 49 22 198 9 3 1 3 — 8 98 28 58 — — — 1 478 102 Total . 109 40 746 42 10 5 9 12 35 558 i ir 14*) 1 234 2 1 1 2010 507 Admin. County : 1921. 103 20 403 10 3 1 1 5 18 234 53 1 71 — — — — 1049 425 1922 . 81 12 437 12 5 — — 0 19 232 50 — 70 1 — — •- 925 238 1923 . 75 22 220 23 7 3 10 5 9 259 62 — 08 2 2 1 — 774 198 1924 . 53 20 272 35 0 4 5 0 17 252 81 — 111 — — ■- •- 808 230 1925 . 78 40 374 17 5 2 3 1 15 198 02 — 103 2 •— — 1 901 328 Total . 450 120 1772 103 26 10 19 23 78 1175 308 1 423 5 2 1 1 4517 1425 * Removals to Hospitals include Cases of Diphtheria, Erysipelas, Scarlet Fever, Enteric Eever, Poliomyelitis, Encephalitis Lethargica, Pneumonia, Anthrax. GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES IN THE AREA. HOSPITALS PROVIDED OR SUBSIDIZED BY THE COUNTY COUNCIL Tuberculosis— Name of Institution. Address. Supported wholly Number by of County beds. Council. Aldingbourne House Nr. Chichester Yes 59 * Swandean Hospital Durrington, Nr. Worthing Yes 12 * Infectious Diseases Hospital provided by the Worthing Corporation, to which the County Council have been permitted to add and maintain a Tuberculosis Block for acute and advanced cases of both sexes. Reference is also made to this matter in the separate Sections of this Report dealing with Tuber¬ culosis, Maternity and Child Welfare and Venereal Diseases.