[Report 1940] / Medical Officer of Health, Dunbarton County Council.

  • Dumbartonshire (Scotland). County Council.
Date:
1940
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Credit: [Report 1940] / Medical Officer of Health, Dunbarton County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Total number of visits paid during year by Infant Protection visitors to children on Register, - - 60 Note.—Each inspection of each child to be regarded as a separate visit, even where two or more children are resident with the same guardian. PARTICULARS OF GUARDIANS. Total number of guardians on Register, - 13 Number of guardians each keeping 3 infants for reward, -------- — INFECTIOUS DISEASE. Enteric Fever.—1 case of typhoid fever and 10 cases of para-typhoid B. were reported during the year, as against 5 in the previous year. The case of typhoid fever occurred in Westerton; there was no source of infection discovered. 10 cases of para-typhoid B. were reported (one gave a nega- tive reaction). 5 were in the Western Area and 5 in the Eastern. Regarding the former, 4 were in Alexandria and 1 in Cardross. 4 of the patients worked outside the County and took meals away from home but no definite source of infection could be traced. Of the 5 cases in the Eastern Area 3 were in Condorrat, 1 in Twechar, and 1 in Kirkin- tilloch. No sources of infection could be found. There was 1 death. Scarlet Fever.—130 cases were reported during 1940 as against 294 in the previous year. 117 cases were removed to hospital. There were no special outbreaks. The cases were for the most part mild. No deaths occurred from this disease. The following was the distribution—Western Area, 75; Eastern Area, 55. Diphtheria.—233 cases were notified as against 135 in 1939. Of these 156 occurred in the Landward part of the County and 77 in the Burghal areas. Of this latter number 54 were in Kirkintilloch. 162 of the cases notified had positive swabs. There were 7 deaths all under 5 years •of age.
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