[Report 1943] / Medical Officer of Health, Rhondda U.D.C.

  • Rhondda (Wales). Urban District Council.
Date:
1943
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Credit: [Report 1943] / Medical Officer of Health, Rhondda U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    # Measles.—During the year under review 2,309 cases of measles were notified in the district as compared with 107 cases in the previous year and 2,924 cases in 1941. The disease was very prevalent during March, April, May and June during which months 2,112 cases were notified with a maximum of 793 cases during April ; amongst the remaining months of the year the lowest incidence occurred in September when 4 cases were notified. Amongst the various wards comprising the district, Ward 2, with 288 cases, provided the largest number whilst Ward 1 with 85 cases provided the lowest number. The number of deaths attributed to measles was six, two each occurring in March and April and one each in August and December. Whooping Cough.—The number of cases of whooping cough notified in the district during 1943 amounted to 93, the monthly incidence varying between a maximum of 22 cases in September and a minimum of one case during February. No case was notified from Ward 1 during the year whilst Ward 11 with 34 cases provided the largest number. Two deaths were certified as due to this disease ; one occurred in August in Ward 8 and the other in September in Ward 11. The mortality rate amongst the cases notified amounted to 2.15 per cent. Influenza.—The number of deaths attributed to influenza among Rhondda residents during 1943 amounted to 42, equivalent to a death-rate of 0.37 per 1,000 of the estimated population. No deaths occurred during February, July, August and September and only eight deaths occurred in the other months up to the end of October. About the middle of November, however, influenza became very prevalent throughout the district ; a large proportion of the population was attacked by the disease