[Report 1925] / Medical Officer of Health, Bognor U.D.C.
- Bognor Regis (England). Urban District Council.
- Date:
- 1925
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1925] / Medical Officer of Health, Bognor U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Notifiable Diseases During 1925. The notifications received during 1925 are shown in a tabular form below l)i.sease. 'rotal eases Notified. (/ases admitted to Hosjiital. Total Deaths. Sinai 1-po.x — — — Scarlet Ke\'er... 22 18 — Dijihtheria (i 5 — Enteric Fever — — — Puerperal Fever 1 — 1 IMeunionia () 2 Tlie following table shows the incidence of Infectious Diseases notified dur- ing 1925, classified according to age :— Disease. Under 1 year. 1-2 2-3 3-i 4-5 5-10 10-15 15-20 20-3535-45 45-65 Over 65 Scarlet Fever 16 4 — 2 — — Diphtheria ... — — — — — 4 1 — 1 — — — Ihieumonia —■ — — — — 1 — 1 1 — ■ 2 1 Pueriieral Fever — — — — — — — — 1 — — — The notifications were distributed over the twelve months as follows :— Month Scarlet Fever. Diph- theria. Pneu- monia. Puer- ]3eral Fever. JMonth. Scarlet F ever. Diph- theria. Pneu- monia. Puer- peral Fever. January 3 — 1 — July 2 — — Febniary 2 — 1 1 August 1 — 1 March ... — — 1 — September ... 2 — — — .A.pril 2 2 — — October 4 1 — — May ... 3 2 — — November ... 1 1 1 — June 2 — — — December ... — — 1 — Non-notifiable Acute Infectious Disease. The only reliable information of non-notifiable infectious disease is obtained in the cases of such diseases occurring among children attending the elementary schools. Head teachers send returns to the Medical Officer of Health of all chil- dren in their departments known to be suffering from infectious disease, together with a list of home contacts of such cases. These returns form an index of the prevalence in the district of any of the infectious disea.ses of childhood. It is usual to find several departments involved in even a limited outbreak, though isolated cases naturally occur all over the district at irregular intervals. 'Fhe returns for 1925 give information about the prevalence of certain di- seases. 1. Measles. Fifty cases were notified in the schools during the year. I’he cases occurred in May and June, and two schools were affected. There were no fatal cases. 2. Whooping-Cough. There were two small outbreaks during the year. Ten cases occurred in one school in September, and eleven cases in another school in December. There were no fatal cases. 3. Chicken-pox. There was an epidemic of chicken-pox during Decem- ber. Two schools, widely separated from each other, were af- fected, and 84 cases were notified. Advantage was taken of these notifications to visit the homes of the children affected, and, where no doctor was in attendance, to examine the children and verify the diagnosis.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28937053_0033.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
