[Report 1958] / Medical Officer of Health, Cockermouth U.D.C.

  • Cockermouth (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1958
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Credit: [Report 1958] / Medical Officer of Health, Cockermouth U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CASES ON THE TUBERCULOSIS REGISTER. Males Females Totals Pulmonary 22 26 48 Non Pulmonary 5 7 10 Totals 27 31 58 Non-Notifiable Acute Infectious Disease :— liitiueiiza is not a notifiable disease so that we have no dehnite figures of the numbers affected. An indication of the spread of influenza is given by the amount of sickness benefit claims tendered at the local oliice of the Ministry of National Insurance. When the weekly average rises above a certain level the Medical Officer is notified accordingly. The rise began on 10th February, reached a peak on March 3rd, and subsided at the end of the month. At the peak the number of claims was only four times that of the normal weekly average. IMMUNISATION. DIPTHERIA. Figures kindly supplied by the Divisional Medical Officer are given in tabular form, showing the number of Diphtheria immunis- ations canned out and the position at the end of 1958. SMALLPOX. Age when vaccinated Number Numbei or re-vaccinated Vaccinated Re-vaccinateo Under 1 10 — 1 2 — 2^ 1 — 5—14 2 — 15 or over 4 3 19 3 'fhese figures which show an increase over last year, are much loo low for safety if smallpox ever occurs in this county. 'flu- Miimber of babies vaccinated leaves much to lie desired. Smallpox vaccinations and whoo])ing cough immunisations are can-icfl out at the child welfare clinic, as well as for poliomyelitis and dipthcria.