[Report 1954] / Medical Officer of Health, Cranbrook R.D.C.

  • Cranbrook (Kent, England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1954
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Credit: [Report 1954] / Medical Officer of Health, Cranbrook R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    one hundred and seventy seven as compared with five hundred and nine in 1953. From the table on page 10 it will be seen that the decrease was due to a sharp decline in the incidence of Measles. Whooping Cough accounted for one hundred and thirty-nine of the total number of infectious diseases notified. This showed an increase of thirty-five over the Whooping Gough notifications of the previous year. No deaths were recorded. Only one case of Measles was notified. The incidence of infectious disease reported from the Hop Pickers* Camps was negligible. Dysentery. Sixteen cases were notified during the year. All but one occurred in the earlier months of the year and were the decline of an outbreak in the previous autumn. Food Poisoning. Only one case of illness caused by Food Poisoning organisers was reported during the year. Poliomyelitis. One mild case occurred in a child during the month of November. Scarlet Fever. Ten cases were notified during the year compared with forty- eight in 1953 • Pneumonia. Nine cases were notified during the year, of which four occurred in the older age groups. This was the only infectious disease which caused any mortality, seven deaths being attributed to the various types of Pneumonia. Diphtheria Immunisation. During the year the number of inoculations given at the welfare clinics and by doctors in the district was two hundred and sixty-one primary and one hundred and fifty-six re-inforcing. Corresponding figures for 1933 were one hundred and eighty-five and four hundred and ninety-four respectively No case of Diphtheria was notified during the year. I am indebted to the County Medical Officer for the figures supplied in Tables Nos. 8 and 9 on page 13. Vaccination. One hundred and forty-nine persons \vere vaccinated and thirteen were re-vaccinated. During 1933 the figures were one hundred and fifty-