[Report 1940] / Medical Officer of Health, Ashton-under-Lyne Borough.

  • Ashton-under-Lyne (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1940
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Credit: [Report 1940] / Medical Officer of Health, Ashton-under-Lyne Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Number of cases of infectious diseases notified, number of deaths from these diseases, number of cases removed to hospital, and deaths in hospital during the year ending 31st December, 1940 Cases Notified Hospital Disease Years Total Deaths in Total Total cases Hospital Cases Un- 10 15 20 35 45 65 removed of persons at all der 1—2 2—3 3—4 4—5 5-10 to to to to to and to belonging Ages 1 15 20 35 45 65 over Hospital to district Smallpox Diphtheria and Membra- — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — nous Croup 59 — 2 4 4 2 23 5 7 9 2 1 — 4 57 — Erysipelas 12 1 2 1 6 2 — 2 — Scarlet Fever 42 — 1 3 3 2 17 7 6 3 — — — -7- 31 — Enteric Fever (including Paratyphoid 1 — 1 — — — — — 1 — Puerperal Pyrexia 27 4 21 2 — — — — — Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis 21 8 2 — 1 — 3 1 1 4 3 3 — 1 21 — Poliomyelitis Ophthalmia Neonatorum... 4 4 — Malaria Trench Fever — Dysentry 1 — — — — — — — — — 1 — — — 1 — Encephalitis Lethargica ... — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2 — — Acute Primary Pneumonia 87 6 13 6 2 4 3 — 4 13 13 13 10 ) — — Acute Influenzal • t 1 44 Pneumonia 8 1 — 1 1 3 2 J — — Pulmonary Tuberculosis ... 51 — — — — — — 1 10 17 12 10 1 24 — — Other forms of Tuberculosis 22 1 — — — 1 3 2 5 5 1 3 1 9 — — Any other Diseases notifi- able in district, e.g. : Measles 686 24 56 88 96 86 286 37 4 8 1 1 — 2 10 — Whooping Cough 129 14 13 20 20 13 46 4 — — — — — — Diarrhoea, etc. (under 2 years) — — — — — — — — — — — — — — Chicken Pox — Any other disease — Totals 1150 52 87 121 126 107 380 58 43 83 37 40 16 86 123