[Report 1945] / Medical Officer of Health, Hinckley U.D.C.

  • Hinckley (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1945
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Credit: [Report 1945] / Medical Officer of Health, Hinckley U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Swabs for diphtheria ... ... ... ... ... 101 Urine (general and bacteriological) ‘21 Milk for Phosphatase Test ... ... ... ... 23 Urine for T.B. jg Sewage and Water Analyses ... ... ... 10 Blood for Wassermann Test ... ... 5 Milk for Fat Content ... ... ... 2 Films for Gonococci ... ... ... ... 1 Miscellaneous ... ... ... 0 622 3. PREVALENCE OF AND CONTROL OVER INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES Diphtheria Immunisation. The percentage of children immunised based on the figures supplied by the Registrar General for the respective age groups at mid-1945 was as follows: Under 5 years of age ... ... ... ... 64.87 Over 5 years but under 15 years of age ... 82.59 NOTIFIABLE DISEASES Disease Scarlet Fever Diphtheria Pneumonia C.S.F Puerperal Pyrexia Whooping Cough Measles Erysipelas Acute Poliomyelitis (OTHER THAN TUBERCULOSIS) DURING 1945 Total cases notified. Total deaths 54 0 46 1 36 10 7 0 3 0 89 0 458 0 6 0 1 0 ACE CROUPS AND SEX Age Scarlet Fever Diphtheria Pneumonia Erysipelas C.S.F. M F M F M F M F M F I 3 2 3 I 2 I z — 2 3 ... 4 5 5 — 2 — — — I 5 ... 14 12 10 7 2 I — I 10 3 4 4 2 I — I — I 15 25 and ... 2 over 1 1 2 2 I 6 6 3 9 2 12 2 3 — 2 Total ... 27 27 25 21 18 18 3 3 I 6