[Report 1955] / Medical Officer of Health, Bexhill U.D.C. Borough.
- Bexhill (England). Urban District Council.
- Date:
- 1955
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1955] / Medical Officer of Health, Bexhill U.D.C. Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![The chief causative factors were again Cancer 96 (22.4%), an increase of 22 over last year’s figures, and Heart and Circulatory Disease 277 (59°0), an increase of 16, the percentage being the same as in the previous year. Deaths from Coronary Disease jumped to 73 (64 in 1954), while Tuberculosis deaths (2) were the lowest recorded in Bexhill. The deaths from Lung Cancer remained the same, viz. 14, while there were no deaths registered from infectious disease or pregnancy. Infectious Disease No cases of Diphtheria were notified again during the year and Bexhill’s record is only one case in 10 years. The part played by Diphtheria Immunisation in this happy state of affairs cannot be too strongly emphasised, and is a constant challenge to all parents to see that the facilities available through the family doctor or the Clinics are fully used. A decrease in the numbers immunised would soon be followed by the reappearance of this dreaded disease with its crippling compli- cations and high mortality. Only 15 cases of Whooping Cough were notified as against 103 in 1954, how much this is due to Pertussis Immunisation remains to be seen but, undoubtedly, the cases that occurred were not so severe as usual. Poliomyelitis Six cases were notified as follows: Girl aged 18 months Paralysis of face H. Boy aged 8 years C. Girl aged 2 years (sister of boy) 1) Man aged 35 years (visitor to Bexhill and probably in- fected before he came here) B. Girl aged 3 years (a transfer from a lamdon Children’s I h)S])ital and ])rol)- ably infecteci l)e- fore in London) !•, .Man aged 47 years (a gardener in a Cliihlren’s 1 hnne Paralysis of left arm only Paralysis of legs Paralysis of neck muscles and right shoulder girdle Partial Paralysis of leg Lartial Paralysis of l(‘ft arm and leg Complete recovery Partial recovery Partial recovery I^artial recovery Partial recovery 1 Grtial recovery A mild case Moderately severe case Moderately severe case Moderately severe case Mild case Moderate case ()n(t case occurred in Marcli, one in June, and the others during the peak periorl Se])tember-October. During this latter period Nose and 'I hroad. operations anrl routine Immunisation injections were postponed until November-I)(;c(“T7ib('r, i.e. until after the peak of high incidence of 11)0 fliscasf;.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28921732_0008.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
