[Report 1945] / Medical Officer of Health, Taunton R.D.C.

  • Taunton (England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1945
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Credit: [Report 1945] / Medical Officer of Health, Taunton R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    GOVERNMENT EVACUATION SCHEME. At December 3.1st, 1945, the following individuals were billeted in the District:— Unaccompanied Children ... ... 10 Accompanied Children ... .. 2 Mothers, Helpers, Teachers ... ... 0 Total . 12 This is 637 less than in 1944. PREVALENCE AND CONTROL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES. The following table gives the number of notifications received for various notifiable diseases (other than Tuberculosis), their age groups and the notification rates compared with those of Dug]and and Wales, and the number admitted to the Isolation Hospital:— Diseases. No. of Notifications. AGE GROUPS. No. admitted to Isolation Hospital. i o i i K) i i O rH 1 2 25 & over Scarlet Fever 20 — — 5 10 4 — 1 i 16 Whooping Cough... 16 1 5 3 6 1 — — 1 Acute Poliomyelitis 2 — —■ — — — 2 — i ! 1 Measles 148 2 18 36 74 8 7 3 1 I 3 Diphtheria 3 — — — — — 2 1 i 3 Acute Pneumonia.. 9 —• — 3 — — 2 •1 — Dysentery 40 1 — — — — 12 27 i Erysipelas 1 — — — — —■ — I 1 — Puerperal Pyrexia.. 1 1 — — — —■ —• —. i | 1 Oph. Neonatorum.. 1 2 — — — — — -