[Report 1951] / Medical Officer of Health, Smethwick County Borough.
- Smethwick (Worcestershire, England). County Borough Council.
- Date:
- 1951
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1951] / Medical Officer of Health, Smethwick County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![TYPHOID AND PARATYPHOID FEVER. There were ten notifieations of paratyphoid fever in 1951 ; of these, nine were confirmed. They were spread fairly evenly over the various wards of the borough and over several months of the year. The inci¬ dents formed part of one or two smouldering epidemics in Birmingham and South Staffordshire and the control of these was a matter of team¬ work between the medical officers of the various local authorities con¬ cerned. The bulk of the burden fell on Dr. Miller of Birmingham, whose helpful co-operation was most valuable. MENINGOCOCCAL MENINGITIS. Five notifications of this disease were received, but in only one of them was the diagnosis confirmed. INFECTIVE ENCEPHALITIS. One case was notified; he died. There was a second death attributed to this condition, the illness and death occurred outside the borough, and no notification was received. WHOOPING COUGH AND ME.4SLES. There was an increase in the number of cases of whooping cough notified during the year, the attack-rate being 5.57 per 1,000 of the population, compared with 3.87 in the whole country. There was one death. The notifications of measles showed a very steep rise with an attack-rate of 18.99 per 1,000 compared with 14.07 per 1,000 for England and Wales. There were no deaths. Cases Notified. Attack-rate 1949 1950 1951 1949 1950 1951 Whooping Cough 222 347 425 2.86 4.48 5.57 Measles ... 1,009 321 1,449 13.03 4.14 18.99 FOOD POISONING. There were no epidem ics of this condition, but four isolated notifi- cations were received during the year. DYSENTERY. There were seven cases in 1951. They were all mild, and recovered. POLIOMYELITIS. J Eight persons were notified as suffering from poliomyelitis, and oh these, two died. There were no features in the epidemiology of the dis¬ ease which call for comment, and there was no history in any case olj] inoculation or injection within the previous month.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b3009138x_0034.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
