[Report 1946] / Medical Officer of Health, Belfast County Borough.

  • Belfast (Northern Ireland). County Borough Council.
Date:
1946
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Credit: [Report 1946] / Medical Officer of Health, Belfast County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    MEASLES 1,4^1 cases of measles were notified during the year, an attack-rate of 3.4 per 1,000 of the population. The number of cases that occurred during the preceding year was 1,702. 5 deaths occurred during the year, 10 occurred in the preceding year, and the average number annually during the ten years 1936-1945 was 46. WHOOPING-COUGH 1,137 cases of whooping-cough were notified during the year, an attack-rate of 2.6 per 1,000 of the population. The number of cases notified during the preceding year was 603. 31 deaths were caused by whooping-cough, equivalent to a death-rate of 0.07 per 1,000 of the population. In the preceding year the number of deaths from this disease was 26, and the average number registered annually during the ten years 1936-1945 was 36. DIARRHOEA AND ENTERITIS 116 deaths of children under 2 years of age were caused by this disease during the year, equivalent to a death-rate of 0.27 per 1,000 of the population. The number of deaths that occurred during the preceding year was 172, and the average number of deaths annually during the ten years 1936-1945 was 223. PUERPERAL FEVER One case of this disease was notified. The number of cases notified during the preceding year was 1, and the average number notified annually during the ten years 1936-1945 was 10. EPIDEMIC DISEASES 226 deaths were caused by epidemic diseases during the year, equivalent to 4.2 per cent, of the total number of deaths from all causes, or a death-rate of 0.6 per 1,000 of the population. During the preceding year the deaths from epidemic diseases numbered 258, equivalent to 5.1 per cent, of the total deaths, or a death rate of 0.6. 2, or 0.9 per cent., of the total deaths from epidemic diseases were caused by scarlet fever; 2 or 0.9 per cent., by diphtheria; 3, or 1.4 per cent., by puerperal fever; 2, or 0.9 per cent., by cerebro-spinal fever; 5, or 2.3 per cent., by measles; 54, or 23.9 per cent., by influenza; 127, or 56.2 per cent., by diarrhoea and enteritis; and 31, or 13.8 per cent., by whooping-cough. CORRECTED DIAGNOSIS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES FOR 1946 3 cases of typhoid fever, 26 cases of scarlet fever, 36 cases of diphtheria, 1 case of membraneous croup, 6 cases of Erysipelas, 10 cases of C.S.F., 2 cases of polio- myelitis were found not suffering from the disease notified. Of these, 3 cases of diphtheria were found to be suffering from scarlet fever, 4 cases of scarlet fever were found to be suffering from diphtheria, 1 case of C.S.F. was found to be suffering from diphtheria and 1 case of erysipelas was found to be suffering from diphtheria. The remainder were found not to be suffering from any notifiable infectious disease.