[Report 1947] / Medical Officer of Health, Aberdeen County Council.

  • Aberdeenshire (Scotland). Council
Date:
1947
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Credit: [Report 1947] / Medical Officer of Health, Aberdeen County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Table II ! Causes of Death County, including Burghs. 1947. Diseases of the Heart and other Circulatory Diseases ... 564 Cerebral Haemorrhage and other Diseases of Nervous System 249 Respiratory Diseases— Bronchitis 44 Pneumonia 61 Other ... 22 Cancer 205 Tuberculosis— Pulmonary 50 Non-pulmonary 9 Kidney, etc.. Diseases 77 Chief Epidemic Diseases — Diphtheria 1 Whooping Cough 3 Measles 1 Scarlet Fever ... — Enteric Fever ... — Cerebro-spinal Fever ... 1 Other Infectious and Parasitic Diseases 5 Diseases of the Digestive System, including Diarrhoea and Enteritis 93 Influenza 2 Puerperal Conditions 5 Diseases of Early Infancy 79 Violence 67 2. MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY FROM INFECTIOUS DISEASES NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES Small-pox No ease of small-pox was notified during 1947. Scarlet Fever The numbers of cases of scarlet fever notified from the Districts and Burghs since 1931, were as follows :— 1931 223 1940 177 1932 317 1941 115 1933 660 1942 107 1934 1,491 1943 204 1935 1,408 1944 134 1936 1,278 1945 186 1937 569 1946 209 1938 676 1947 155 1939 321 The age incidence of cases and the percentage in age groups of cases, dealt with either hospitals or at home, are shown in Table III. Table III Year All Ages Under 1 Year 1-5 5-15 15-25 25-45 45-65 65 and Over Removed to Hospital Treated at Home 1947 155 — 36 89 23 6 1 — 146 9 Percentage 100 — 23.2 57-4 14.8 .'•9 .7 — 94-2 5-8
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