[Report 1945] / Medical Officer of Health, Congleton Borough.

  • Congleton (England). Borough Council
Date:
1945
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Credit: [Report 1945] / Medical Officer of Health, Congleton Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    SECTION F. Prevalence of and Control over Infectious Diseases. There was a considerable fall in the number of cases of Scarlet Fever as compared with the previous year, 39 notifications were received, 36 cases were treated in hospital and the remainder satisfactorily isolated It home. The cases were distributed throughout the year and were mainly mild in type. 173 notifications of Measles were received, the continuation of an epideniic commencing in November, 1944, the complaint was also epidemic during the first quarter of 1945. One death was due to Measles and a rather severer type of the disease occurred than during the previous year. 50 cases of Whooping Cough were notified ; the cases were mainly without complications and no deaths were due to this disease. 26 notifications of all types of Pneumonia were received, six deaths being due to this cause. In addition to the cases given in the Table of Notifiable Diseases, i non-civilian was notified as suffering from Scarlet Fever, 2 from Measles, I from Dysentery and i from Cerebro-spinal Meningitis. All of these cases were removed to hospital by the Military Authorities. Notifiable Diseases {other than Tuberculosis) during the Year 1945 Disease. Total Cases Notified Crises \dmitted to Hospital Total Deaths Scarlet Fever 39 36 0 Diphtheria ... 8 8 0 Measles 173 0 1 Whooping Cough 0 0 Pneumonia... 26 0 6 Erysipelas ... 11 I 0 Cerebro-spinal Meningitis 4 4 1 I Puerperal Pvrexia 3 0 0 Ophthalmia Neonatorum I 0 0
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