[Report 1951] / Medical Officer of Health, Royal Leamington Spa Borough.

  • Leamington (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1951
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Credit: [Report 1951] / Medical Officer of Health, Royal Leamington Spa Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    JO cases is much less but unlike Diphtheria, there is probably quite a large number of cases which now escape notification. This disease is not such a well defined entity and now does not often run a severe or malignant course so that effective home isolation is not always practised and medical attention may not even be sought. Other diseases.—The figure of Pneumonia was the highest since 1949 and this was the result of an influenzal type of illness which was prevalent in the district during the last quarter of 1950 and first quarter of 1951. The rise in Puerperal Pyrexia notifications is due to two facts. One is that the new regulations give a much more stringent definition of the disease than formerly and the other that the Warneford Hospital Maternity Unit receives compli¬ cated maternity cases from an area much wider than the Borough itself. TUBERCULOSIS New Cases. Deaths. Age-Periods. Pulmonary | Non- Pulmonary Pulmonary Non- Pulmonary M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. 0 1-5 — 1 — •— — — — — 5-10 -—- 1 — 9 -W — — — — 10-15 15-20 1 1 — -- — — — -- 20-25 4 3 — — — — — — 25-35 3 3 1 — 1 2 — — 35-45 3 2 — — — — — — 45-55 2 — — — 3 2 — — 55-65 2 — — -- 1 — — — 65 & upwards 1 — — — 1 2 — — Totals ... 16 11 1 2 6 6 —- — 15 cases of Tuberculosis were admitted for treatment at a Sanatorium, and 21 were discharged.