[Report 1926] / Medical Officer of Health, Isle of Wight County Council.

  • Isle of Wight (England). County Council. n 83204987.
Date:
1926
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Credit: [Report 1926] / Medical Officer of Health, Isle of Wight County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    MILK AND CREAM REGULATIONS, 1912 AND 1917. The following particulars refer to the Administration of the Public Health (Milk and Cream) Regulations, 1912 and 1917, during the year 1926:— 1. -—Milk: and cream not sold as preserved cream:— Number of samples examined for the Number in which preservatives were presence of preservatives— reported to be present— Milk 127 0 Cream 0 ... ... ... ... ... ... 0 2. —Cream sold as preserved cream:—None examined. PREVALENCE OF AND CONTROL OVER INFECTIOUS DISEASES. Table VI.—Notifications made to Medical Officers of Health during 1926. Isle of Wight Rural Cowes East Cowes Newpo rt Ryde St. Helens Sandown Shanklin Ventnor Totals. Scarlet Fever 48 30 13 22 10 10 8 2 16 159 (396) Diphtheria 18 — — 10 3 . i 2 — - 34 (51) Enteric Fever — 1 1 2 — — 1 — 1 6 (5) Pneumonia 9 11 5 1 7 — — — 1 34 (17) Puerperal Fever ... 1 — '— — ■ — — — — — 1 (3) Puerperal Pyrexia 1 — — 2 • — i 1 — — 5 (1) Acute Poliomyelitis — — 1 3 1 2 — — 1 8 (0) Encephalitis Lethargica... — 1 — — 2 — 1 — — 4 G) Erysipelas 6 1 2 4 1 — 2 — — 16 (17) Ophthalmia Neonatorum — 1 — — — — 2 — — 3 G) Pulmonary Tuberculosis 27 9 5 6 5 6 6 1 17 82 (109) Other forms of Tuberculosis 4 1 3 1 2 — 1 — — 12 O) Totals 114 | 55 30 1 51 31 | 20 24 1 3 36 364 (622) The commoner infectious diseases were less prevalent during 1926, so the total number of persons noti- fied as suffering from infectious disease fell from 622 in 1925 to 364- Scarlet fever notifications numbered 159 (396 in 1925), and as the average number of notifications of scarlet fever for the previous 26 years was 154, the fall represents a return to our normal. In Cowes and Newport particularly it had been prevalent in the pre- vious year, the fall is therefore most marked in these districts, but there was less scarlet fever in every area except Shanklin where only two cases occurred however in the two years. The type of fever has continued mild and one death only was caused by it. Diphtheria notifications fell to 34 (51 in 1925). The average number of notifications for the previous 26 years was 121- In every district there was less Diphtheria notified except in Newport where there were 10 cases compared with 4 the previous year. In neither Cowes nor East Cowes did a single case occur. There were two deaths only from diphtheria; the average number for the previous 26 years was nearly 13, but in the 5 years 1921-1925 there were only 15 deaths, i.e. an average of only 3 per annum. There were no deaths from any of the enteric group of fevers- 5 cases of typhoid were notified and one case of paratyphoid. Pneumonia notifications numbered 34 (17 in 1925) and the deaths numbered 39 (29 in 1925). Deaths from pneumonia vary according to the prevalence of influenza, measles and whooping cough- In 1926 there was less influenza than the previous year the deaths numbering 27 compared with 31- There was more measles in 1926 and a fair amount of whooping cough. Only one notification of puerperal fever was received (3 in 1925) but there were 5 notifications of puerperal pyrexia, which was made notifiable as from 1st October, 1926- There were two deaths from puerperal sepsis (1 in 1925). Four cases of encephalitis lethargica “sleepy sickness,” were notified and these all died- (In 1925 there were seven notifications and four deaths). There were 3 cases of ophthalmia neonatorium notified which is a fall from the unusually high number of 7 the previous year. The smaller number of notifications of Pulmonary tuberculosis is remarked on in the following section of this report- There were 12 notifications of non-pulmonary tuberculosis which is about our average-