[Report 1952] / Medical Officer of Health, Atherton U.D.C.
- Atherton (England). Urban District Council.
- Date:
- 1952
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1952] / Medical Officer of Health, Atherton U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Tuberculosis. Eleven new cases of pulmonary infection and three of non-pulmonary infection were notified. Last year there were twelve cases and ten cases respectively. No deaths from this disease occurred during the year. Modern advances, both in the prevention and treatment of this disease, have greatly improved the outlook and give hope that this historical scourge of mankind will eventually be mastered. Typhoid Fever. Like paratyphoid fever, this disease is a specific infection of the bowel caused by swallowing food or drink containing the infective organism. No case was notified. Venerea] Diseases. None of the venereal diseases are notifiable in this country. Control is difficult, depending as it does on many factors as well as medical. Treatment centres arc provided by the Regional Hospital Board. Whooping Cough. With the subjugation of diphtheria, whooping cough has become the most serious and debilitating infectious disease of child life, and it is to be hoped that the public will soon be given the benefits of effective immunisation, as indicated by the results of the extensive field research recently completed by the Medical Research Council. Eighteen cases were notified.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b2881485x_0026.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
