[Report 1950] / Medical Officer of Health, Glamorgan County Council.

Glamorgan (Wales). County Council. nb2014013905.

Date:: 1950

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Credit: [Report 1950] / Medical Officer of Health, Glamorgan County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Poliomyelitis and Polioencephalitis. Table I.—Notifications—Rates per 100,000 Population. Year. Cases. Urban Rate. Cases. Rural Rate. Tot al. Cases. Rate. 1920 3 0-5 00 3 0-4 1921 16 2-6 1 0-4 17 21 1922 8 1-3 1 0-4 9 M 1923 7 M — 0-0 7 0-8 1924 13 21 2 1-0 15 1-8 1925 15 2-4 — 0-0 15 1-8 1926 11 1-7 2 0-9 13 1-5 1927 7 M 1 0-5 8 1-0 1928 5 0-8 — 0-0 5 0-6 1929 5 0-8 — 0-0 5 0-6 1930 7 1-2 1 0-5 8 1-0 1931 6 10 — 00 6 0-8 1932 3 0-5 — 0-0 3 0-4 1933 5 0-8 — 0-0 5 0-7 1934 8 1-4 2 M 10 1-3 1935 6 M 3 1-7 9 1-2 1936 3 0-5 — 0-0 3 0-4 1937 5 0-9 — 0-0 5 0-7 1938 13 2-5 17 9-5 30 4-2 1939 5 0-9 — 0-0 5 0-7 1940 25 4-7 5 2-7 30 4-2 1941 13 2-4 8 4-1 21 2-8 1942 7 1-3 2 M 9 1-3 1943 11 2-1 — 00 11 1-6 1944 7 1-3 2 11 9 1-3 1945 9 1-7 8 4-4 17 2-4 1946 3 0-6 1 0-5 4 0-6 1947 63 121 32 16-7 95 13-3 1948 25 4-7 7 3-6 32 4-4 1949 52 9-7 9 4-6 61 8-4 1950 57 10-6 48 23-9 105 14-2 Table II.—Deaths. Year. Deaths. Urban. Rural. Total. 1940 4 4 1941 6 2 8 1942 3 1 4 1943 — 1 1 1944 3 — 3 1945 1 1 2 1946 2 — 2 1947 2 2 4 1948 3 2 5 1949 6 — 6 1950 7 2 9 Deaths due to these diseases are comparatively few but I have, at present, no statistics of the resid crippling resulting from these diseases.