[Report 1920] / Medical Officer of Health, Royal Leamington Spa Borough.

  • Leamington (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1920
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Credit: [Report 1920] / Medical Officer of Health, Royal Leamington Spa Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    27- No primary vaccinations or re-vaccinations were performed under the Public Health (Small Pox Prevention) Regulations, 1917, by the Medical Officer of Health. MEASLES. The number of cases of Measles unofficially notified was 270, with one Death. The figures for compulsory were:— 1916 1917 1918 1919 the four years during which notification was t » * * » ♦ 388 556 21 204 O PI-IT H A L MIA N E O N ATO R U M. 4 Notifications (all from medical practitioners) were received, Of these, 3 were cured, and one was taken away shortly after birth, The numbers are too small to be of any value as an index of the amount of venereal disease in the town. INFLUENZA. This Disease did not become epidemic again during the yeur. It was the cause, however, of eight Deaths, WHOOPING COUGH. 38 Cases were brought to my notice, and one Death (female) was attributed to this Disease. CANCER. The Deaths ascribed to Malignant Disease numbered classified in age groups as follows:— Age Group. Table VIII, Male. Female. Total 30-40. ... — ... 1 1 40-50. 1 1 2 50-60. 4 3 7 60-70. 7 5 12 70-80. 4 4 8 80-90. 1 2 3 17 16 33 33, For the past ten years the figures have been as follows :— 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920
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