[Report 1939] / Medical Officer of Health, Pontypridd U.D.C.

  • Pontypridd (Wales). Urban District Council.
Date:
1939
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Credit: [Report 1939] / Medical Officer of Health, Pontypridd U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The following shows the nature of the cases admitted during the year :— ^Scarlet lfover 107 *Diphtheria 124 Diphtheria “carriers” 8 Enteric Fever 0 Enteritis (Observation) 3 Erysipelas 1 Cerebro-spinal Fever 3 D\ s enter y 1 Total 253 '•'Includes 14 scarlet fever and 7 diphtheria cases admitted from other areas. SCARLET FEVER. There was a big reduction in the number of cases of this disease notified during the year; 95 as compared with 421 in 1938, and 381 in 1937. Admissions to lonteg Isolation Hospital numbered 93, while two patients were nursed at home. The Council’s hospital also accepted 14 cases of scarlet fever from adjoining Authorities. No death occurred, nor were any serious com- plications observed. DIPHTHERIA. ^IC ’ncldence °* this disease was shove the average; -3 cases were notified, and ol these 117 were accommodated at lonteg Isolation Hospital, 5 were treated at Caerphilly or L antrisant Isolation Hospitals, while one patient was nursed Seven cases from adjoining areas were accepted for tieatmcnt at lonteg Isolation Hospital. Seven deaths took place from diphtheria and its com- plications. No operations for tracheotomy were performed. . Jn ad.dit|on “carriers” to the number of eight were disease a * if ol the tabbing of contacts of this Ihev rf’, ? °J t le'Se Were re]novcd to hospital where t Jiey remained under treatment until free from infection