[Report 1954] / Medical Officer of Health, Doncaster County Borough.
- Doncaster (England). County Borough Council.
- Date:
- 1954
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1954] / Medical Officer of Health, Doncaster County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![1 1—Pneumonia: Thirty-three cases of acute primary or influenzal pneumonia were notified in 1954. Seven of these cases were admitted to the Infectious Diseases Hospital where the diagnosis was changed in one case. Another case was not normally resident in the borough, giving a corrected figure of 31 cases. There were seventy-six cases notified in the previous year. 12—Dysentery: Fourteen cases of dysentery were notified. Ten cases were admitted to the Infectious Diseases Hospital where the diagnosis was changed in one case to enteritis, and another was not confirmed, leaving a corrected figure of 12 cases. Eight of these cases were normally resident outside the borough. The cases occurring in the borough were isolated cases and apparently unrelated to one another. ] 3'—Food Poisoning: There were 2 cases notified during the year, one case being normally resident outside the borough. 14~Tuberculosis: During the year 95 cases of pulmonary tuberculosis (55 males and 40 females) and 7 cases of non-pulmonary tuberculosis (3 males and 4 females) came to the notice of this department. During the year 53 cases (46 pulmonary and 7 non-pulmonary) were removed from the register, 35 on account of recovery and other reasons and 18 on account of death (15 pulmonary and 3 non-pulmonary). These figures show a decrease of 22 cases of pulmonary and an increase of 2 cases of non-pulmonary infection compared with 1953. The following table shows the age distribution of new cases and deaths during 1954: New Cases Deaths Age Periods Pulmonary Non- Pulmonary Pulmonary Non- Pulmonary M F M F M F M F 0-1 1-2 1 1 — 1 — -— 2-5 — 2 — — — 1 — -— 5-10 3 — 1 — — — — — 10-15 1 3 — — — — — 15-20 4 8 — — — — — 20-25 7 8 — — 1 1 —- — 25-35 4 5 — 1 — — — 1 35-45 3 — — — 1 1 — — 45-55 3 1 —■ — 4 — 1 — 55 -65 4 — — — 5 — — ■—■ 65 -75 1 — — — 1 — 1 75 and upwards — •— — — — — — — Totals ... 31 28 1 2 12 3 . 1 2](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29163110_0038.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
