[Report 1916] / Medical Officer of Health, Southampton County Borough.

  • Southampton (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1916
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Credit: [Report 1916] / Medical Officer of Health, Southampton County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The number of cases of Measles and German Measles •r notified in the Borough during the year amounted to 976 ; cases, 766 of which were notified during the first six months [« of the year. This number is equal to a rate of 8.39 per 1,000 of the M population. The rate for England and Wales was 10.09. All the cases notified were visited by the Health Staff, rt but the cases were mostly of a very mild type, and beyond 5 recommending the parent to send for a medical practitioner and giving instructions as to precautions to be adopted, it V was not necessary to take further action. Three cases of Measles from the Borough were admitted D to the Isolation Hospital for treatment. Three cases were I also admitted which occurred among crews of vessels to the ^ Port, and 95 naval and military cases of Measles and German \ Measles, occurring in the Port and in various camps in the '! neighbourhood and in the Port were also admitted. In the following tables detans of the cases notified to i the Borough are given:— Number of cases of Measles and German Measles which ; came to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health during ] the year 1916:— Mea sles- German Measles. Measles and German Measles. Civil Military Civil Military Civil Military Notified by Medical Practitioners ... 617 10 172 25 784 35 Notified by Parents Guardian^, and other persons... 185 2 187 Un-notified ... ... ... ... ... ... Total 802 10 174 25 976 35