[Report 1944] / Medical Officer of Health, Birkenhead County Borough.
- Birkenhead (England). County Borough Council.
- Date:
- 1944
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1944] / Medical Officer of Health, Birkenhead County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![An analysis of the* oases dealt willi diirini: tlie year is ;:iv(ni below; Patients sent in as suffering from In hospital at beginning of year i Admitted | I>ied <iuring year during year Discharged during year Hemnining in hospital at end of year Scarlet fever 18 2r>] 1 249 19 F, 21 208 1 30 Diplitheria 3 47 ' 1 47 1 •_> F. 10 71 1 3 Enteric f(wer ..M, 2 V F, 1 1 Cerel)i'()-,s))inal fever .. M. • i t F. f. 4 1 Erysipelas .. M. F. 4 4 Measles 10 9 1 F. 19 1^ 1 Whoo])ing Cough ..M. 18 i:l F. I 7 1 (')tlier diseases s - 1 a 12 t 1 4 1 Totals . .')rt 719 S 709 ftS Of file 8 ])atients sent into the lid'eelious Diseases Hospital as cases of enteric fever, none wei’e found to be suffering from this disease, 'rile final diagnoses were as follows;—1 enteritis, 1 food poisoning and I? lungs. IMMUNISATION AGAINST DIPHTHERIA Immunisation against diphtheria tree of charge has continued throughout the year, although the number of (diildren who completed tlie course shows a marked decrease compared with the iirevious year. The number of children whose immunisation was completed during the year wa.s 1,318, made up as follows; — 1— 5 years of age 1.057 5—15 years of age 237 1,204 15 years and oyer 24 Total 1,318 It is not possible to state exactly the total numbers of children in these age groups, but a fair estimate would be ; — 1— 5 years of age 10,500](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28927382_0020.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
