[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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![An analysis of the cases dealt with during the year is given below: TABLE I 3 Patients sent in In hospital Admitted 1 Ided Discharged Remiining as sufTering from at beginning of year 1 during year during year dm ing year , in hospital at end of year Scarlet fever ...M. 13 1 139 1 147 4 F. 24 169 186 7 Diphtheria ..M. 11 149 9 140 11 F. 21 142 6 147 10 Enteric fever ..M. 24 1 23 F. 1 24 25 Cerebro-spinal fever 7 2 5 F. 1 2 3 Erysipelas 1 1 2 F. f) 5 Measles F. 2 1 I 1 .Tanndice F. 3 ’3 1 i Other diseases F. 6 1 5 i ::: Totals . 72 673 20 692 ; 33 Of the 48 cases notified as enteric fever admitted into the Infectious Diseases Hos])ital, the diagnosis was coutirmed in 32 cases, one of which subsequently died. The tinal diagnosis in the remaining 16 cases were 1 enteritis, 1 influenza, 1 otitis media, 3 ])yrexia, and 10 no disease. A full investigation into these cases was made, but no common jDoint of infection could be found. A nuniher of the patients, however, had obtained their milk su])j)ly from the same source. A’idals, etc., taken from the retailer, members of his family and employees all proved negative.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28927333_0014.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
