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

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

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    Total Solids (dried at 180°C.) . . . . 27*8 Free Cl (p.p.m.) . . *05 As203 -0001, P04 Trace. Hardness calculated from calcium and magnesium : 17'0. A pure and wholesome supply. (2) Infectious Disease. (a) Whooping Cough. There was a moderate increase in the number of cases of whooping cough notified, but the outbreak never reached epidemic proportions. (b) Diphtheria. It is most regrettable to have to report a very slight increase in the number of cases of diphtheria ; a total of 66 cases, one of whom died, occurred during the year. Most parents now realise the importance of Diphtheria Immunisation but far too many postpone this life protecting measure until it is too late. Grave concern must be expressed at the very large number of children under five who have not been immunised. It is obvious from the high immunisation rate in school children that the old prejudices against inoculation have now largely disappeared and the present sad state of affairs in the case of children under five is chiefly due to parental indifference or sheer laziness. Infectious Disease Cases for 1946. Scarlet Fever Diphtheria Whooping Cough Measles . . Pneumonia Enterie or Typhoid Fever Erysipelas Dysentery Puerperal Pyrexia Ophthalmia Neonatorum Anterior Poliomyelitis Numbers Final Numbers originally after notified. correction. M. F. M. F. 40 36 39 34 47 58 31 35 60 52 58 52 10 11 10 11 28 18 28 18 6 5 6 5 1 — 1 — — 5 — 4 1 1 1 1 The position as regards immunisation is as follows :— Children under 5 Children over 5 Immunised during year. 511 501 Total now Popidation % now Immunised. (est.). Immunised. 1812 5360 33-8 8755 9690 90*4 Number of children re-immunised during year .. 1,977.