[Report 1942] / Medical Officer of Health, Liverpool City.

Liverpool (England). City Council.

Date:: 1942

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Credit: [Report 1942] / Medical Officer of Health, Liverpool City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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36 Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fever* During the year there occurred 7 cases of typhoid fever and 6 cases of paratyphoid fever. TABLE III. TYPHOID AND PARATYPHOID FEVER. Type. Cas les. Deaths. Male Female Male Female Typhoid Fever ... 6 1 2 1 Paratyphoid—A — *— — — Paratyphoid—B 2 4 1 — Paratyphoid—C >— —- —. Unclassified — — — The 7 typhoid cases represent a case-rate of 0-01 per 1,000 of the popu¬ lation. The 6 paratyphoid cases represent a case-rate of 0-01 per 1,000 of the population. TABLE IV. TYPHOID AND PARATYPHOID FEVER.—AGE AND SEX DISTRIBUTION. Age Typhoid Paratyphoid Male Female Male Female Under 1 Year 1 + . 1 — 1 2 + . —, 1 —- o -p 10 -p . 2 r- - - - 15 + . 1 — — 20 + . -—. — — 1 30 -f . 1 -- — 1 ■40 *p »•. ... -- — I 1 60 + . 1 — — 1 70 + . —- — — — Total. 6 1 2 4 Port Gases of Typhoid Fever. During the year four cases of typhoid fever were imported from over¬