[Report 1962] / Medical Officer of Health, Canterbury Borough / City & County.

  • Canterbury (England). City & County Council.
Date:
1962
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Credit: [Report 1962] / Medical Officer of Health, Canterbury Borough / City & County. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    cases at the time of enquiry. A chUd aged four from one of these families was admitted to Haine Isolation Hospital while on a visit to a relative in Margate as a possible dysentery. Rectal swabs were taken from these families and all proved negative. Precautionary exclusion from school was imposed on suspected children, and schools were alerted and advised on hygienic precautions. Two other cases of Flexner Dysentery occurred within three weeks, one in a visitor to Canterbury from Nigeria and one in a five-week-old gipsy child admitted to the Children’s Ward. None of these cases were in any way connected as shown by typing of the organisms. The barrack baby was Shigella Flexner Type 3a, the Nigerian visitor gave a history of chronic trouble and was type 4a, and the gipsy child was found to be type 2a with a vague con- nection with a family at Chartham that gave rise to a case of Flexner dysentery in another hospital some time ago. The barrack baby showed the presence of Esch. Coli type 0119 on test at Haine Isolation Hospital as a confusing side issue. Tuberculosis- Annual occurrence of Res])iratory Tuberculosis over seven years. 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 Male 10 5 '8 6 12 5 5 Female ... 4 4 1 8 7 4 4 14 9 9 14 19 9 9 No. of Cases on T.B. Register 31.12.62. Pulmonary Non-Pulmonary M. F. M. F. 118 73 21 12 Venereal Diseases. Special Clinics are provided in East Kent at the following hospitals. The V.D. almoner service is run from the clinics under the direction of the Venereologist. Canterbury (Kent and Canterbury Hospital)— Male—Thursday, 3-4 p.m. Female—Tuesday, 2-3 p.m. Dover (Royal Victoria Hospital)— Male—Monday, 4.30-5 p.m. Wednesday, 4.30-5 p.m. Female—Monday, 4-4.30 p.m. Wednesday, 4-4.30 p.m. Margate (General Hospital)— Male—Friday, 11 a.m.-12 noon. Female—Friday, 10-11 a.m.