[Report 1960] / Medical Officer of Health, Southampton County Borough.

  • Southampton (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1960
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Credit: [Report 1960] / Medical Officer of Health, Southampton County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    INFECTIOUS DISEASES. The following beds are provided in hospitals administered by the Regional Hospital Board:— Crabwood Smallpox Hospital 8 beds for suspicious and confirmed cases. Southampton Chest Hospital 56 beds for infectious cases 118 beds for tuberculosis cases. The following table shows details of infectious notifications and the number of cases removed to hospital. CASES NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR, CLASSIFIED IN AGES Disease Number of Cases Not ified at Ages— Years Total cases Total Cases Admitted to Chest Hosp. Under 1 year 1 1 and 1 under 5 yearsl 5 and under 15 years 15 and under 25 years 25 and under 45 years 45 and under 65 years 65 and upward Age unknown Scarlet Fever 33 77 3 2 3 118 2 Diphtheria Paratyphoid Fever — 1 — — — — — — 1 1 Puerperal Pyrexia — — — 60 65 — — — 125 — Erysipelas — — — 1 1 4 2 — 8 1 Meningococcal Infection — — — — — — — — — — 1 Acute Poliomyelitis — 1 — — — — — — 1 1 Acute Encephalitis ; Ophthalmia Neonatorum 4 — — — — — — — 4 — Dysentery — 4 10 2 5 2 — — 23 2 1 Malaria — — — — — — — — — — < Pneumonia 1 2 3 1 3 4 4 1 19 — j Measles 12 78 71 1 — — — — 162 — 1 Whooping Cough 4 24 23 1 2 — — 2 56 — i Food Poisoning — I 2 25 7 9 3 — 47 2 Totals 21 144 186 94 85 19 9 6 564 9 I FOOD POISONING 47 cases were notified, and 48 were otherwise ascertained. Of ir the notified cases, 40 occurred in an outbreak affecting staff and a II few patients in a general hospital. The infectious agent was Salm. il anatum, and there was no definite evidence that the infection was i] acquired through food. The other 7 notified cases were one single case and 3 family outbreaks, the infectious agents not being ;i identified. The 48 cases not notified included: (i) 11 cases in 4 family outbreaks, due to Salm. typhi-murium; (ii) 7 cases in 1 family outbreak, due to Salm. ihompson; (iii) 2 cases in 1 family outbreak, due to Salm. enleritidis: (iv) 6 cases in 2 family outbreaks, agent not identified; (v) 2 cases in 1 family outbreak and 12 cases in one other outbreak, due to staphylococcal toxin.