[Report 1950] / Medical Officer of Health and School Medical Officer of Health, East Riding of Yorkshire County Council.

  • East Riding of Yorkshire (England). County Council
Date:
1950
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Credit: [Report 1950] / Medical Officer of Health and School Medical Officer of Health, East Riding of Yorkshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ACUTE POLIOMYELITIS. Tweiity-oiie cases of poliomyelitis and two eases of polio- eiiee])lialitis were notified. Two deatlis were reported. The cases were widely s(‘attered throug h out the County PUERPERAL PYREXIA. ddiree women were reported during’ the year to be sufferinf^' from ])uerpei‘al ])yrexia. All the cases occurred in Maternity Homes. OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM. No infants weie notified as suiferino’ from ophthalmia iieouatorum during' 15)50. MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTION. Four cases were notified, compared with two in the previous year. There were no deaths. TUBERCULOSIS. Fnder the new lieallh services arrangements, the responsi- bility for the provision of lios])ital, sanatoria and dispensary services rests with the Heoioual Hos])ital Board, the County ('’ouncil having' the i-es])onsibility of dealing- with the care and aftei’-caie of tubeiculous ])atients in their own homes and a general responsibility for preventive work. The ('ounty thmm'il has amended its original scheme dealing with Bi-evention of Illness, Care and After-care to include provision for B.t'.C. vaccination against tuberculosis, but up to tile end of the year it had not been possible to take any steps to bring this ari'angement into operation. (rare and After-(*are ai'rangements have continued to be administei-ed centially. Health Visitors and School Nurses also act as Tuberculosis \dsitors; they visit the homes of patients and attend at dispensary sessicms so- that they can co-ordinate their work with that of the Regional Hospital Boai'd’s Ihiberculosis S])ecialists. As the need arises, tubercuilous patients being treated in their own homes ai-e su])plied with extra milk, with garden shelters, l)eds and bedding, and with nursing equipment as required. No charges are made for any of these provisions. NEW CASES AND MORTALITY. One hundi’ed and twenty-five (108 pulmonary and 17 non-pulmoiiary) new (‘ases of tuberculosis were notified during the yea^r, and, in addition, '27 cases came to notice otherwise than bv formal notification. The total number of cases notified in the County shows a decrease of 55 on the figure for the previous year.