[Report 1950] / Medical Officer of Health, Rhondda U.D.C.

  • Rhondda (Wales). Urban District Council.
Date:
1950
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Credit: [Report 1950] / Medical Officer of Health, Rhondda U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    on the 6th September. The intervals between the injections and the appearance of weakness in the affected limbs were rather long and consequently it is doubtful as to whether there was any significance in the relationship between the injections and the occurrence of poliomyelitis. Acute Influenzal Pneumonia.—The number of cases of acute influenzal pneumonia notified in the district during 1950 was 9, four being notified in March, two in April and one each in January, October and November, respectively. Six of the cases were notified from Ward 5, two from Ward 10 and one from Ward 8. Four deaths, all of persons over 65 years of age were certified as due to this disease. Acute Primary Pneumonia.—This disease was notified on 99 occasions in the district during 1950. The largest number of notifications was received in February, when 20 cases were notified, whilst no notification was received during August which was the only month of the year during which no notification was received. The ward distribution of the notified cases varied considerably ; the largest number —28—was received from Ward 11, whilst no case was notified from Ward 2. Ophthalmia Neonatorum. During the year two cases of this disease were notified in the district ; both cases were treated in hospital and recovered without impairment of vision. Measles. The number of cases of measles notified in the district during 1950 amounted to 1,248 as compared with 757 cases notified in the previous year. The monthly distribution of the notified cases showed a maximum incidence in June when 421 cases were notified, whilst the lowest incidence occurred in October when only one case was notified ; it may be noted that 974 or 78 per cent, of the cases notified occurred during May, June, July and August, or the middle third of the year, and similarly in the