[Report 1947] / Medical Officer of Health, Isle of Wight R.D.C.

  • Isle of Wight (England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1947
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Credit: [Report 1947] / Medical Officer of Health, Isle of Wight R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD. The following table shows the amount of unsound food dealt with during the year :— Canned food ... ... ... ... 194 lbs. Beef... Cereals Sugar Fish Potatoes 38 lbs. 24 lbs. 11 lbs. 919 lbs. 2 tons NOTIFIABLE DISEASES DURING THE YEAR. There was an increase in the number of notifications of infectious diseases, 189 as against 136 in 1946, due mainly to outbreaks of Measles and Infantile Paralysis. The percentages of School children immunised against Diphtheria is now 76.5, and of children under school age 42.9 Total Cases Total Disease. cases admitted deaths. notified. to hospital. Measles 142 4 — Scarlet Fever 6 5 — Dphtiheria 2 9 — Enteric Fever (including Para- typhoid) — — — Cerebro Spinal Meningitis 1 1 1 Erysipelas 5 2 — Puerperal Pyrexia 5 1 — Pneumonia 6 1 1 Ophthalmia Neonatorum 1 — — Whooping Cough 9 2 — Brucella Abortus Infection — — Acute Inf. Encephalitis — — 1* Acute Polioencephalitis 1 — — Acute Poliomyelitis 11 11 — Totals 189 29 3 * Not notified.
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