[Report 1942-1943] / Medical Officer of Health, St Helens County Borough.

  • St. Helens (Merseyside, England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1943
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Credit: [Report 1942-1943] / Medical Officer of Health, St Helens County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Table 3. Infectious Diseases.—Total number of cases notified, number of cases admitted to hospital, and the total deaths. A—Year 1942 DISEASE Notifications received Cases admitted to hospital Total Deaths Smallpox . . — — — Scarlet Fever . 146 134 — Diphtheria 255 255 11 Measles . 3066 13 6 Whooping Cough . 423 1 1 Enteric Fever 1 1 1 Dysentery . . 69 — Ervsipelas . 28 3 — Pneumonia 60 2 51 Typhus Fever . ■— Puerperal Pyrexia . 7 6 1 Ophthalmia Neonatorum . 4 — — Poliomyelitis . — — — Encephalitis Lethargica . 1 1 Cerebro-Spinal Fever . 11 10 3 Malaria . 1 — B—Year 1943 DISEASE Notifications received Cases admitted to hospital Total Deaths Smallpox . — . __ Scarlet Fever . 322 301 1 Diphtheria . 120 120 6 Measles . 269 6 Whooping Cough . 616 7 4 Enteric Fever . — _ Dysentery . li -. _ Erysipelas . 45 6 Pneumonia 111 3 101 Typhus Fever . — Puerperal Pyrexia . 11 5 1 Ophthalmia Neonatorum . 7 2 Pohomvelitis .... 1 Encephalitis Lethargica . — _ 2 Cerebro-Spinal Fever . 10 . 9 6 Malaria . ‘ SCARLET FEVER.—The number of cases notified during 1942 (146) was the lowest recorded over a period of at least 30 years. The disease was ill- defined in type and of low virulence ; no deaths occurring. During 1943 there was a steady incidence in the number of cases and the number of notifications received (322) contrasted unfavourably with the low return (of 146) in the preceding year. The disease was generally moderate in. type, but increased in incidence and severity towards the end of the year. Minor complications such as cervical adenitis occurred in many cases and rheumatic,,, muscular and joint sequelae were frequent in adults.