[Report 1954] / Medical Officer of Health, Bognor Regis U.D.C.

  • Bognor Regis (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1954
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Credit: [Report 1954] / Medical Officer of Health, Bognor Regis U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The following table shows the number of cases of Infectious Diseases from Bognoi Regis which were isolated in Infectious Diseases Hospitals during 1954.1 Many of these cases w^ere admitted on account of unsatisfactory home conditions and not because of the severity of the diseases. Disease Number of cases 1 1 Diagnosis on Discharge Scarlet Fever 7 7 Confirmed Chicken Pox 3 i 3 Confirmed Whooping Cough I I Confirmed Suspected Whooping Cough I I Not confirmed Mumps 2 2 Confirmed ^ Poliomyelitis—Paralytic I I Confirmed Poliomyelitis—Non-Paralytic ... 2 2 Not confirmed Diphtheria. For the eighth successive year no cases were notified during the year. The incidence and fatality of diphtheria in Bognor Regis is shown in the table below^:— Year Population Cases Deaths Fatality per cent. 1917 8,995 13 4 30.8 1918 9,299 22 2 9.1 1919 9,738 96 6 6,2 1920 9,722 75 6 8.0 1921 11,490 21 — — 1922 11,580 3 — — 1923 11,670 9 I II.I 1924 12,180 6 — — 1925 12,800 6 — — 1926 14,022 4 — — 1927 14,800 30 2 6.6 1928 15,200 35 2 5-7 1929 14,360 10 — — 1930 15,750 15 I 6.6 1931 12,600 36 2 5.6 1932 13,080 12 2 16.6 1933 17,530 21 I 4.8 1934 17,990 23 2 8.7 1935 18,440 36 — ! — 1936 18,930 39 — — 1937 19,560 23 I ' 1938 19,890 12 — 1939 22,650 15 I 6.7 1940 23,410 12 I 8.3 1941 21,260 2 — HI 1942 20,970 9 I II.I y 1943 19,950 10 2 20.0 1 1944 21,360 5 — — li 1945 22,590 2 — “ j: 1946 24,330 4 1 I 25-0 ^ 1947 25,090 — — — 1948 25,800 — — — -*■ 1949 25,530 — — - 1 1950 25,550 — — — J 1951 25,000 — — — n 1952 24,860 — — — , ^953 24,790 — — — 1954 25,050 — — 1 As far as can be ascertained, no deaths have occurred at any time of immunised children (see page 39 for statistics relating to immunisation).