[Report 1943] / Medical Officer of Health, Ludlow Borough.

  • Ludlow (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1943
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Credit: [Report 1943] / Medical Officer of Health, Ludlow Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Page Twelve SECTION F. PREVALENCE OF AND CONTROL OVER INFECTIOUS DISEASES. The following table gives the number of cases notified during the year ending 31st December, 1943, and number admitted to hospital, and the deaths :— Disease. Cases notified. Admitted to Hospital. Deaths. Scarlet Fever 10 4 0 Puerpera Pyrexia 3 1 0 Pneumonia 6 0 0 Erysipelas 1 0 0 Measles 8 0 0 Whooping Cough 20 0 1 It will be seen from the above figures that the incidence of Notifiable Infectious Diseases was again very low. No cases of Diphtheria, Smallpox, Typhoid Fever or Cerebro¬ spinal Meningitis were notified. Scabies is not notifiable, so that accurate figures of its incidence are not available, but in the case of nine persons it was necessary to remove them to Ivy House, Ludlow, for treatment as “ in-patients.” DIPHTHERIA IMMUNISATION. The work of protecting the child population' has been continued during- the year and the following figures show the position at the end of 1943:— Approximate estimated number of children in the area as at 31st Under 5 years 5—15 years December, 1944 ... 490 1,050 Percentage of children Immunised as at 31st December, 1943 ... 62% 85% The number of children actually Immunised in 1943 was :— Number under Number aged* 5 years old 5—15 years Total 69 47 116 Ajs was pointed out in last year’s report, it is important that all children should be protected as soon as they reach their first