[Report 1930] / Medical Officer of Health, Wakefield City.

  • Wakefield (England). City Council.
Date:
1930
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Credit: [Report 1930] / Medical Officer of Health, Wakefield City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Smallpox. 1 case of Smallpox was notified in 1930, as compared with 4 in the previous year. The particulars of the case are as follows :— Male, aged 40 years. Colliery worker. Onset—7th February, notified 12th February and removed to Dewsbury Smallpox Hospital on the 13th February, Stated he was vaccinated in infancy, but had no definite vaccinal scars. The man lived in a common lodging house and was employed at a Normanton Colliery, The usual precautions were taken, including vaccination of known contacts, and no further cases occurred Diphtheria. 58 cases of Diphtheria were notified (22 males and 36 females) giving an attack rate of T02 as compared with 0-7 in 1929, and 0-92 the average for the preceding 10 years. There were 20 more cases than in 1929, The cases were spread over the City, although the largest numbers were in North Westgate (18) and Sandal Wards (12), the smallest number—nil, being in South Westgate Ward, 22 cases occurred in the first quarter of the year, 3 in the second, 9 in the third, and 24 in the fourth, 56 cases (97 'T>Gr cent,) were removed to the Fever Hospital, There were 4 deaths from Diphtheria, giving a case mortality of 7 per cent,, and a death rate of 0*07 per 1,000 of the popula¬ tion, as compared with 0-055 in 1929 and 0-04 the average for the preceding 10 years. The corresponding rate in England and Wales in 1930 was 0-09 and in the Great Towns, 0-10. Scarlet Fever. 151 cases of Scarlet Fever were notified (73 males and 78 females) giving an attack rate of 2-6 per 1,000 as compared with 5-0 in 1929 and 3-03 the average for the preceding 10 years. There were 120 less cases than in 1929, The largest number of cases occurred in North Westgate Ward (61 cases) the remainder being distributed over the v/hole City, ranging from 18 cases in Sandal Ward, dov n to 2 cases in Eastmoor Ward, 53 cases occurred in the first quarter of the year, 30 in the second, 15 in the third, and 53 iji the fourth. There was one death, giving a case mortality of 0-7 ];cr cent,, and a death rate of 0-02 per 1,000 of the popidation, as compared with 0-019 in 1929 and 0-014 the average for the preceding 10 years. The correspondijig death rate in England and Wales and also in the Great Tovns during 1930 was 0-02. 133 (88 per cent.)