[Report 1945] / Medical Officer of Health, Royal Leamington Spa Borough.

  • Leamington (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1945
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Credit: [Report 1945] / Medical Officer of Health, Royal Leamington Spa Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Investigation is made and action taken where necessary when¬ ever information is received regarding persons on the Tuberculosis register reported to be engaged in the handling or preparation of food. Treatment.—This work comes principally under the County Scheme. 13 cases (8 males and 5 females) have been sent to Hertford Hill Sanatorium. 202 visits were paid to Tuberculosis cases by the Health Visitors. Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1930.— The number of cases of Tuberculosis remaining on the Register of Notifications on 31st December, 1945, was as under:— Pulmonary ... ... Males, 80 ; Females, 46. N on - P ulmonary Males, 23; Females, 21. CANCER. ! The deaths ascribed to Malignant Disease numbered 66, classified in age groups as follows:— Age Group. Male. Female. Total. Under 20 • • • • * — ... — 20-30 .. — — — 30-40 .. — 1 1 40-50 3 3 6 50-60 5 9 14 60-70 9 7 16 70-80 7 14 21 80-90 1 6 7 90 and over ... .. — 1 1 25 41 66 For the past ten years the deaths have been as follows:— 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 72 88 71 62 55 78 79 75 60 66 Deat? AAAte 12'42 2*83 2'36 1*96 1*05 2*07 2'03 2.08 1*69 1*87 per 1,000 )