[Report 1921] / Medical Officer of Health, Leeds City.

  • Leeds City Council
Date:
1921
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Credit: [Report 1921] / Medical Officer of Health, Leeds City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The 184 deaths from diarrhoea and enteritis were of children aged as follows :— Under one month . , 17 6-9 months . . 30 1-3 months . . . . 34 9-12 months . . 18 3-6 months . . 60 1-2 years . . 27 The incidence of diarrhoea month by month is shown in the small table. Deaths, Temperature and Rainfall in each Month of Yeae. 1921. Jan. Feb. Mar. April. May. June July. Aug. Sept. Oct. I Nov. Dec. Year. Deaths .. 3 5 5 9 4 7 12 57 42 21 14 : 5 1S4 Temperature °F. 40.21 43.00 48.54 48.75 57.56 62.63 69.35 61.75 60.71 58.23 42.22 46.83 53.82 Rainfall (inches) 2.03 0.22 1.17 1.22 0.86 0.34 0.46 3.80 0.74 1.68 2.64 3.10 18.80 The meteorological data are compiled from returns sent us by Mr. Crowther. They are uncorrected readings, made at io a.m. and 4 p m. Bronchitis and Pneumonia.—The number of deaths from bronchitis and pneumonia during the year were 556 and 562 respectively as compared with 625 and 622 for the same diseases during the year 1920. Acute primary and acute influenzal pneu¬ monia are the only diseases in this group which are notifiable and during the year there were 418 cases of the former and 92 of the latter. Unfortunately the total number of cases of pneumonia occurring in the City does not correspond with the total number of notifications received and I wrould urge upon medical practitioners the import¬ ance of notifying cases at the earliest possible moment otherwise any benefit to be derived from notification disappears and the thing becomes a farce. Fall advantage is taken of the information received by notification. The homes of the sufferers are visited and where bad conditions obtain every effort is made to remedy these or where that is impossible to secure institutional treatment for the patients. Daring the past year a certain number of cases were treated in hospital but owing to lack of accommodation for medical cases in the only General Hospital in the City the number had perforce to be restricted. It should be borne in mind that skilled treatment in a Hospital or Infirmary will save the lives of many patients who in dark, overcrowded and badly ventilated rooms