[Report 1924] / Medical Officer of Health, Birkenhead County Borough.

  • Birkenhead (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1924
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Credit: [Report 1924] / Medical Officer of Health, Birkenhead County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Case-rates of certain diseases—The case-rates of certain diseases for Ifirkenhead, and for England and Wales, per 1,000 living, are set Gilt below:— Case-rate per 1,00 living. Birkenhead Ehgland and Wales Smallpox 0.10 Scarlet fever 2.12 2.16 Diphtheria 0.93 1.07 Enteric fever 0.07 0.11 Puerperal fever 0.05 0.06 Erysipelas 0.39 0.33 TABLE I 2. Infectious diseases other than tuberculosis notified during 1924; showing ages. Disease imd. lyr. 1-2 yrs. 2-3 yrs. 3-4 yrs. 4-5 yrs. 5-10 yrs. 10-15 yrs. 15-20 yrs. ( 1 20-35 yrs. 35-45 yrs. 45-65 yrs. 65 yrs. up To- tal Smallpox _ _ _ _ TT _ _ _ _ Scarlatina Diphtheria and membra- 3 11 11 22 41 120 64 28 23 3 2 — 328 nous croup 1 4 8 12 14 60 28 5 8 3 1 — 144 Erysipelas — — — — — 2 3 1 15 4 33 2 60 Typhus fever — — — — — — — — — — — — — Typhoid fever — 1 — — 1 2 — 2 3 2 1 — 12 Continued fever — Relapsing fever __ _ Cerebro-spinal meningitis Encephalitis lethargica 1 — — — — — — — 1 — — — 2 (acute) — —• — — — 1 — 2 6 — 2 1 12 Polio-encephalitis (acute) Poliomyelitis (acute) — — - — — — 1 — — — — — — — — 1 Puer])eral fever — — — — — — - 2 4 2 — — 8 .'Ophthalmia neonatorum 4S — — — — — — - — — — 48 Cholera — — — — — — — — — — — — Pneumonia Malaria 65 69 38 28 21 32 13 25 41 20 2 32 1 18 402 3 Dvsentery Trpiifib fpvpr — — — — — — - - — — Total 118 85 57 63 77 217 108 65 101 36 72 21 1020 Encephalitis lethargica.—12 cases were notified during the year. Of these 2 cases were treated in general hospitals, 5 were treated in the Infectious Diseases Hospital, and 5 were treated at home. All recovered with the exception of 2 cases (M. 66 years and M. 61 years; both died at home). The annual figures relating to notification of this disease are as follows:— 1919 4 1920 2 1921 3 1922 3 1923 14 1924 12