[Report 1916] / Medical Officer of Health, Darlington County Borough.

  • Darlington (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1916
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Credit: [Report 1916] / Medical Officer of Health, Darlington County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    to these, 3 civil cases and 65 Military cases ol Scarlet l4ever; and 7 civil cases and 9 Military cases of Diphtheria were ad- mitted from outside the Borough. The following Table shews the number of cases of Infec- tious Diseases notified each month during 1916: — Scarlet Fever. Diphttieria and Membranous Croup. Enteric Fever. Pulmonary Tuberculosis. Other forms of Tuberculosis. ! Puerperal t ever. Erysipelas. Ophthalmia Neonatorum Measles and German Measles. 'a. 70 u 1 u o > u <U J2 iif 1) ^ l- O Totals. • January 10 23 1 1 11 3 3 146 * * 204 February 7 23 1 9 9 5 l 75 130 March 12 26 1 14- 10 4 2 74 A 143 April 7 20 6 14 3 1 39 . . 90 May. . 8 20 # , 6 4 3 . , 8 1 50 ]nne . . 6 . 24 3 10 12 2 5 62 July.. 5 20 10 2 2 3 8 50 August 4 8 . , 1 4 1 4 22 September 6 13 . . 8 o O 2 3 35 October 3 8 5 3 1 1 3 24 November 6 6 2 O O •) 1 3 o 6 2 28 December *' Ft Ft l i 3 3 3 27 Total for 1916 79 196 il 86 70 1 31 22 37<) ♦ 1 865 Total for 1915 166 138 7 116 52 2 47 20 548 Scarlet Fever.—This disease was less prevalent than in the previous year. Of the 79 cases notified, 73, over 92 per cent, were removed to the Borough Isolation Hospital. Among these there was only onp death. Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup).—The number of cases notified was 196: One hundred and eighty-nine, over 96 per cent, of these were removed to the Borough Isolation Hospital. There were 21 deaths from Diphtheria; of these 17 occurred in Hospital. These figures give a case-mortality of 8.7 per cent.