[Report 1943] / Medical Officer of Health, Maidstone U.D.C. / Borough.

  • Maidstone (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1943
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Credit: [Report 1943] / Medical Officer of Health, Maidstone U.D.C. / Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    disease according to the Wards of the Borough in which they occurred :— High St. Stone St. King St. North Heath Bridge Scarlet Fever 28 103 8 52 4S 7 Diphtheria 1 5 — 1 18 — Pneumonia 2 2 — 4 — o .5 Puerperal Pyrexia — 1 — 2 4 i Erysipelas 4 4 — 5 — — Ophthalmia Neonatorum — 1 — — — i Anterior Polio-myelitis — — — — — — Cerebro-spinal Meningitis — — — 2 — i Measles C6 112 21 114 98 25 Whooping Cough 16 35 9 33 35 8 Below is a table showing the number of pathological specimens from the Borough examined at the Kent County Laboratories and the results:— Disease for which examination was made. Results. Total. Positive. Negative. Diphtheria . 28 1110 1138 Pulmonary Tuberculosis. 52 2 54 Various. 3 17 20 83 1129 1212 Cancer. The number of deaths from cancer in Maidstone during the past 5 years is as follows :— number of deaths 1939 85 1940 80 1941 81 1942 85 1943 80 Deaths from Cancer during 1943 under age groups Age Periods. Male. Female. 0 — — 1 — - ' 5 _ _ 1 15 _ _ 25 2 — 35 2 1 45 9 4 55 7 10 65 and upwards. 24 21 Totals 44 36