[Report 1944] / Medical Officer of Health, Burnley R.D.C.

  • Burnley (England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1944
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Credit: [Report 1944] / Medical Officer of Health, Burnley R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [d] Chemical and Bacteriological Examinations of Food. Examinations are carried out at the Burnley Municipal Laboratory. No food was sent for examination during the year. (e) Nutrition. No special action was taken. {/) Shell-Fish (Molluscan). There are no shell-fish beds or layings in the District. (F) PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER, INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES. General. The District was free from any epidemics or serious out- breaks of infectious disease. Measles showed a big decrease, falling from 173 cases in 1943 to 33 in 1944. V^Tiooping Cough cases also showed a welcome decease in number. Scarlet Fever and other infectious diseases were few in number. INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 Smallpox.... — — — — — — Scarlet Fever 27 15 47 71 40 39 Diphtheria 11 6 11 1 4 3 Enteric fever (including paratyphoid) — — 3 — — • Measles .... — 147 146 73 173 33 Whooping cough — 44 37 22 27 2 Acute pneumonia 17 22 16 11 10 6 Puerperal pyrexia 3 1 ■—■ 4 2 2 Cerebro-spinal fever — 1 4 2 1 — Acute poliomyelitis — 1 — — — — Dysentery — — — — 3 4 Erysipelas 6 8 6 8 1 4 Ophthalmia Neon 2 — 1 4 5 —