[Report 1944] / Medical Officer of Health, Torquay Borough.

  • Torquay (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1944
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Credit: [Report 1944] / Medical Officer of Health, Torquay Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    2. Isolation Hospital Treatment. The number of cases admitted to the Isolation HospiteJ is^ shown in the following table :— Cases admitted. Scarlet Fever ... ... ... 65 Diphtheria ... 9 Enteric Fevers ... • ... ... — Cerebro-Spinal Fever ... ... 1 Measles ... ... ... ... 5 Whooping Cough ... ... 17 Erysipelas ... ... ...• 3 Chicken-pox ... ... ... 5 Rubella ... ... ... ... 11 Mumps ... ... ... ... 16 Encephalitis lethargica ... — Acute polio-myelitis ... ... 1 For observation ... ... ... 23 Other Causes ... ... ... 23 179 3. Tuberculosis. Particulars of any action under the Public Health (Prevention- of Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1925 (relating to persons suffering from Pulmonary Tuberculosis employed in the Milk Trade), or under Section 172 of the Public Health Act, 1936 (relating to the compulsory removal to Hospital of persons suffering from Tuberculosis). No action was required. 4. Tuberculosis. New cases and mortality during 1944. Particulars of new cases of Tuberculosis and of deaths from the disease in the area during 1944 are given in the following table :— Age Perieds New Cases De ATHS Respi ratory Nc Resph >n- atory ■ Respi ratory N( Respi] 3n- rat ory Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Under 1 year 1 1 to 5 years 1 1 — — 1 — 1 — 5 to 15 years 2 2 1 - — — — — 15 to 25 years 19 17 1 2 — 3 — 2 25 to 35 years 7 10 — 1 2 1 1 — 35 to 45 years 4 5 — — 2 2 — — 45 to 55 years 7 2 — - 7 1 — — 65 to 65 years 2 2 — — 8 — 1 — 65 and over 1 — — — 3 1 — — Totals 43 39 3 3 23 8 3 2 \