[Report 1944] / Medical Officer of Health, Rugby Borough.
- Rugby (England). Borough Council.
- Date:
- 1944
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1944] / Medical Officer of Health, Rugby Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![VI. PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER, INFECTIOUS DISEASE. Incidence of Commoner Infectious Disease since 1935. in 5 ’•£ d X O *u C| 4-i Cl e • *—< * U I- '5 o a 5 o CX cxs cd in rt C- X! g ■*± > MS 0) o Cz C L* ch Q Q cn w-t go & Si 1936 .. — 127 86 — 48 — 8 1937 .. -—- 71 163 — 84 -— *>9 1938 .. — 37 55 4 33 — 16 1939 .. — 5 37 — 53 — 14 1940 .: — 37 144 — 60 — 14 1941 .. —- 49 94 2 85 -—- 8 1942 .. — 13 66 — 61 — 17 1943 .. —- 13 43 — 80 — 7 1944 .. —- 4 90 2 56 ■—• 8 Reference to Table III. will give the age incidence of the cases notified during 1944. Smallpox.—No cases were notified during the year. Diphtheria. - During the past year there were 4 cases notified, with no deaths. All the cases were taken to the Isolation Hospital. The cases were distributed throughout the town. One case had been immunised. Diphtheria Immunisation.—Continued during the year and at the end of 1944, 3,780 school children had been treated and ] ,779 under school age, giving a total of 5,559. Scarlet Fever. There was a rise in the number of cases of Scarlet Fever, 90 as compared with 43 in 1943. There was nothing discovered which called for special comment. 81 cases went to Hospital. School Closures.—Nil. Non-notifiable Infectious Disease.—-There was nothing of special note. Notification of infectious disease occurring amongst the children at school is duly sent by the teachers.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30046294_0007.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
