[Report 1938] / Medical Officer of Health, Smethwick County Borough.

  • Smethwick (Worcestershire, England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1938
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Credit: [Report 1938] / Medical Officer of Health, Smethwick County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER INFECTIOUS DISEASES. AHI.KT KKVER. I liL‘ nuuilH'r of cases increased to 177 from tlie low level of 117 in till' preNU.'iis year. There were few severe cases and no deaths occurred. .\iiiune; t-hildren of school age, there were 119 cases compared with (i(i ia't year. 'I'lie incidence Has not marked in any i)articnlar school. Kigl\t\-eight ])atients or 49.7% of the notified cases were treated in h ^pital. 'I'he age incidence of the i)ersons attacked will he found on p.ige ill. The incidmice of. and mortality from Scarlet Fever during the pa.st ten yi'ars is as follows; — Cases Attack rate per 1,000 Number of Case mortality Year notified population deaths per cent. 19l’9 . 162 1.9 — — 1930 . . 259 3.0 2 0.8 1931 . . 140 1.6 — — 1932 . . 101 1.1 — — 1933 . . 180 2.1 — — 1934 . . 206 2.4 1 0.4 1935 . . 341 4.1 3 0.88 1936 . . 220 2.7 2 0.9 I'.Af . 117 1.4 2 1.7 1938 . . 177 2.2 — — DIPHTHERIA. The numher of cases notified decreased slightly to 18d, suggesting tliat We are now o'n the downgrade of the epidemic curve. The incidence as not confined to one particular part of the town.
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