[Report 1925] / Medical Officer of Health, Blaby R.D.C.
- Blaby (England). Rural District Council.
- Date:
- 1925
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1925] / Medical Officer of Health, Blaby R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![The Tuberculosis cases and deaths are classified as follov/s:- % hew Cases. 1 1 Deaths. I i Age-Periods. Respiratory other forms. Respiratory Other i f orms. ! M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. 1 ■ ■ .1 Under 1 year ! 1 1 j 1 and under 5 . . - - 2 1 1 1 5 10 - 1 - i 1 1 10 15 1 1 * a- I 15 20 - - - 2 1 20 25 2 3 - 3 25 35 9 4 - - 4 3 35 II 4^ II 2 - - - 1 I ! 4-5 II II - 1 - - 2 1 1 i 55 II 5^ II - - - 2 1 1 2 j 65 & upwards - - - 1 1 - i - 1 - I Totals:- 14 — 13 3 1 7 1 1 11 1 1 2 ! 3 ; L Six of the fatal cases of Respiratory Tuberculosis occurr- ing in the District had not been previously notified. The notifications of Infectious Diseases received during each of the past five years were as follov/s:- 1 Disease 1921 1 /22j/23 i/24 1/25 f i i i 1 Total Admitted to Hos, Deaths, j Small Pox 2 i -1 _ 6 8 8 - Diphtheria i 33 1 40! 15 13' 10 111 80 8 Scarlet Fever 4-5 i 10] 8 27 4-5 135 100 3 ! Enteric 8 i 2 4 1 12 9 3 Pneumonia 1 5 9 3 23 - 38 Puerperal Fever 2 - - - 2 - 1 Poliom^/eli tis 2 - - - - 2 - Erysipelas 8 3 6 9 13 39 - - Ophthalmia) neonatorum) ' •« ! J 1 1 Respiratory ) Tuberculosis) 13 21 24 { i 16 27 101 (approx.) 2‘6 73 Other foriiis of ) Tuberculosis ) I 8 5 7 25 i For the 5 years under review the Attack Rate (i.e. the average annual number of cases per 1000 of the population) from Diphtheria is 0,89 and the Attack R.ate from Scarlet Fever is 1.11. The corresponding rates for Eng. & \7ales are 1.29 2.65. The death-rate from Respiratory Tuberculosis is O.81 per 1000, a 15.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28930277_0031.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)


