[Report 1939] / Medical Officer of Health, Birkenhead County Borough.
- Birkenhead (England). County Borough Council.
- Date:
- 1939
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1939] / Medical Officer of Health, Birkenhead County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![OTHER INFECTIOUS DISEASES INl'EGTIOUS DISEASES WHICH AEE NOTIFIABLE Below is a table showing the number of cases of infectious diseases (other than tuberculosis) notified during 1939, showing ages: — Disease and 1 yr. 1-2 yrs. 2-3 yrs. 3-4 yrs. 4-5 yrs. 5-10 yrs. 10-15 yrs. 15-20 yrs. 20-35 yrs. 35-45 yrs. 45-65 yrs. 65 yrs. up Total Smallpox - . 1 1 Scarlet fever Diphtheria and membra- 4 7 28 21 37 186 76 40 20 7 1 — 427 nous crou[) 7 12 22 16 26 116 63 19 21 5 1 3 — 300 Ervsi])elas 'lyplius fever 1 — 1 1 2 — 4 3 14 10 i 26 10 72 i Enteric fever — — — — 1 7 10 5 14 8 4 1 50 Continued fever Relapsing fever — — Cerebro-spinal meningitis Encephalitis lethargica 2 1 2 1 — 3 1 — 3 1 — 1 15 (acute) — Polio-encephalitis (acute) — — Poliomyelitis (acute) - Puerperal pyrexia 1 21 3 — — 25 Ophthalmia neonatorum 10 — 10 Cholera Pneumonia 11 18 3 10 9 28 6 17 33 20 45 15 215 Malaria — Dysentery — — — — — — — — — — 1 — 1 * Measles 1 1 4 1 1 2 1 1 — — — 12 * Whooping cough 2 4 2 3 4 1 16 Totals 38 43 -62 53 80 343 151 86 126 54 80 27 1143 * Made notifiable under the Measles and Whooi^ing Cough Eegulations, dated October 23rd, 1939. The number of patients treated in the Infectious Diseases Hospital during the year was as follows: — In hospital at beginning of year 72 Admitted to hospital during year 673 745 Discharged from hospital during year 692 Number of deaths in hospital during year ... 20 712 Eemaining in hospital at end of year 33](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28927333_0013.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
