[Report 1951] / Medical Officer of Health, Denbighshire County Council.
- Denbighshire (Wales). County Council. no2004062613.
- Date:
- 1951
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1951] / Medical Officer of Health, Denbighshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER, INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES, Scarlet Fever. 123 cases of Scarlet Fever occurred in the County of Denbigh during the year under review, compared with 264 in the preceding year. The virulence of this disease has declined appreciably in the past few years and consequently only a few cases needed admission to the isolation hospital. Cases treated with antibiotics are frequently kept in hospital for only about one week. Whooping Co’Ugh. There were 408 cases during 1951, which is approximately the same as for 1950. Four deaths were due to Whooping Cough and if it were more universally appreciated that this disease can have a fatal issue, then the community might exercise more care in isolating children suffering from it. Measles. This disease, too, has lost some of its severity in recent years. Whether this can be attributed to the prevention of com])lications by the use of antibiotics and sulphonamides or to improved social conditions cannot be determined. The total number of cases for 1951 differs little from 1950,](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28840859_0081.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
