[Report 1944] / Medical Officer of Health, Rochester City and Port.
- Rochester (Kent, England). City and Port Authority.
- Date:
- 1944
Licence: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1944] / Medical Officer of Health, Rochester City and Port. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![whooping cough. _ . _ . . , j -ToTs infection became prevalent in September and continuec so until Mono. end of the year. In all there were 155 notifica- There were no deaths. b '' iT' 1 •_ l . Mo aslea. ’measles was year. There were also evident in the last four months of the 137 cases with no death. -plVe notifications of Dysentery were received, but this number'of notifications does not give a true indication of the extent of gastro-enteritis in the district 01 which there was* considerable amount, and in wnich many may reasonably be 1 attributed to dysenteric infection. The infection was mildj in character. Deariet ?cver. There were 103 cases and no death. Arrangements for Hospital Treatment of Omall Pox. A joint scheme of hospital provision for.treatment of Smallpox was proposed by the Kent County Council and accepted ■ Rochester Corporation and other Local Authorities in 1943* ] During 1944, as a temporary arrangement, Capel Hospital, Tonbr was adapted for this purpose and is now available and can admi some 20 smallpox cases. Admissions are to be made by appliesr tion to the County Medical officer. Dt. William's Hospital. The ot. William's Hospital Board considered the adaptat» of one of the existing Ocarlet ?ever wards to cubiole accommocl tion. It was not possible to proceed with the project on account of the shortage of materials and labour, and the provision of more cubicle accommodation has been deferred untl building conditions have improved. Diphtberia Tmmunisation. J Cf*ini'c“j'or immunization was established in September and it'is'estimated that at the end of 1944, 57.4% of cnildrel under five years of age and 65% of children aged 5 - 15 yoorl were immunized. The following table shows the number of cases and the number of deaths in Rochester from Diphtheria during the past! years. Notified Cases Deaths 1895 1900 1905 1910 1915 1920 1925 l^iO 193$ 1942 I to to to to to to to to to to n 1899 1304 1909 1914 1319 1924 1929 1934 193.9 939;t 478 . 199 5io .^A5 309 2B1 pd5 4'/ j:l 01 l 0 -*Q L The incidence end mortality from Diphtheria since l?35| as follows;- 19^5.19^6.19 V/. 19^3.1739.19^0.1941. lyig-iauu! Modified1 Cnsos 71 26 44 42 22 13 3 6 5 I 0 I Dc a ths 0](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30038947_0014.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
