[Report 1942] / Medical Officer of Health, Rochester City and Port.
- Rochester (Kent, England). City and Port Authority.
- Date:
- 1942
Licence: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1942] / Medical Officer of Health, Rochester City and Port. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Rata and Mice (Destruction) Act, 19?'? Total number of rats destroyed during the year 685 *’ *' mice ” ^ “ 7*73 Tuberculosis, . five cases of Respiratory Tuberculosis were notified under the Tuberculosis Regulations during the year, and sixteen cases of non-respiratory Tuberculosis. There we, twenty deaths from Respiratory Tuberculosis and twelve deaths irom Ifon-i’espiratory Tuberculosis. The average numbers of notifications and deaths from Respiratory and Fon-respiratory Tuberculosis for the preceding live years are as follows:- Notifica oions. Average for( Deaths. Notifications ”De a ehs. preceding 5 years ( 29.2 20.8 10 3.4 1942. 35 20 16 12 Venereal Diseases. The Venereal Diseases Clinic is under the administration of the Kent County Council, and is conducted by Mr. Hamish Wicol, F.R.C.R.* During the year 6l new patients from the District attended the Clinic, out of which number 20 \vere non-venereal. The total number of attendances was I378. MATERNITY AM) CHILD WELFARE. The following Table gives details as to Infant Mortality in 1942:- ^ Net deaths -^ROft^stote^ causes^at ^ sges under 1 year of agt. auses of Death • CQ 0 rd Ti d •e* gN m ■ tv (i) CD nO ^ d Id h t.'. 0; H ^ ID' CQ 0 M -P 0 CD iM sl- W 0 M +3 0 H CO CD +3 0 CD —^ tH <])+J fdd mo 0) 3a 0 •# Ob <0 m . U-i Sh (D( <u'd iO CO ■ rdl : u <y -pisto-P ; oj'd d cjrdd = 3^39 *•1 9! r-i d 'g mm *■*' g§^ emature Birth 9 3 1 0 1 14 0 iO 1 jo b r i 14 jury at Birth 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 .'j 2 rasmus. Inanition &( 1 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 •) 3 Malnutrition ( ngenital Deformity 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 eumonia 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 1 1 ’ , 6 onchitis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 stro Enteritis 0 0 1 2 ■2 1 5 2 2 0 3 9 1 her Causes 0 J.. , 1.. ,1 1 6 0 1 0 3 7 1 All Causes t births =: 10 +. a,:.!. 7 + H CJ 4 5 6 -30 _ — /1 4 4 —nr 2 3_ 42_1 includes two outward transi'ers](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30038923_0011.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
