[Report 1937] / Medical Officer of Health, Durham R.D.C.

  • Durham (England : County). Rural District Council.
Date:
1937
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Credit: [Report 1937] / Medical Officer of Health, Durham R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Bacteriological Examinations. Positive. Negative. Inconclusive. f Tuberculosis 9 56 Diphtheria Enteric (including 87 910 39 Paratyphoid) . . . 1 9 “““ No use has been made of Schick testing in Diphtheria or Dick testing in Scarlet Fever. During the year 518 houses were disinfected by the Sanitary Inspectors, formalin fumigation being the method usually adopted. TUBERCULOSIS. TABLE X.—New Cases and Mortality during' the Year 1937 in Durham Rural District. Age Periods. 0 1 5 10 15 20 25 35 45 55 65 and upwards Totals New Cases. Non- Pul m on ary. pulmonary M. F. F. 2 1 9 1 1 3 1 3 2 9 1 2 2 1 1 9 8 9 9 Deaths. Pulmonarv M. F. 3 9 9 3 12 2 9 3 4 1 13 Non- pul monary M. F. 0 In 13 out of these 26 deaths from Tuberculosis, no notification of Tubercidosis had been received and communications w'ere addressed to the doctors who had been in attendance, pointing out the importance of immediate notification and indicating the ]:)enalty for failure to notify. No necessity Jirose during the year to take any action under the Public Health (Prevention of Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1925, relating to tuberculosis emplo^^ees in the milk trade, nor was it found necessary to advise the Council to apply for an order, under Section 62 of the Public Healtli Act, 1925. for compulsory removal to hospital in any instance.