[Report 1918] / Medical Officer of Health, St Helens County Borough.

  • St. Helens (Merseyside, England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1918
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Credit: [Report 1918] / Medical Officer of Health, St Helens County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Twenty-six cleatlis due to pulmonary tuberculosis occurred in persons concerning wliom no notifications bad been received. The steps which are taken to prevent the spread of the disease are similar to those set out in the annual report of 1914. Table 38 gives a record of cases admitted to Eccleston Hall. Forty-one notifications of tuberculosis other than pulmonary were received during 1918. One of the cases had been previously notified. Thirty-four deaths were recorded. Table 32 shows the number of deaths attributed to forms of tuberculosis other than pulmonary since 1873. Up to Hie present, hospital accommodation has not been generally provided by the Local Authority for instances of non-pulmonary tuberculosis. Table 37 gives the age and sex distribution of the notifications received. Steps similar to those previously detailed are taken to follow up and prevent the spread of infection. The tuberculosis dispensary is situated in Claughton Street. The number of patients attending the dispensary is set out in tables 39 and 40. The nurses made 143 first visits and 2,272 re-visits to the notified cases. St. Helens was one of the first towns to provide free facilities for the diagnosis of cases of venereal diseases, and in 1918 further progress was made. A complete scheme for the treatment of persons suffering from venereal diseases has been approved by the Local Government Board and is now in operation. Table 26 gives a record of the work carried out. Highty-four deaths during 1918 were stated to be due to cancer and malignant disease. Table 32 shows tiie figures for previous years. Four hundred and four deaths were certified to be due to respiratory diseases other than tuberculosis. The number of deaths from these diseases in previous years is shown in table 31. rlhe number of deaths which took place from violence was 51,