[Report 1936] / Medical Officer of Health, St Helens County Borough.

  • St. Helens (Merseyside, England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1936
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Credit: [Report 1936] / Medical Officer of Health, St Helens County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    III.—INFECTIOUS DISEASES. The following are the infectious diseases compulsorily notifiable to the Medical Officer of Health in St. Helens :— Smallpox Scarlet Fever Diphtheria and Membranous Croup Enteric Fever Typhus Fever Relapsing Fever Continued Fever Dysentery *Pneumonia Cholera Plague Puerperal Fever Puerperal Pyrexia Cerebro-Spinal Fever Acute Poliomyelitis Acute Polioencephalitis Acute Encephalitis Lethargica Ophthalmia Neonatorum Erysipelas Malaria fMeasles and German Measles fWhooping Cough Tuberculosis (all forms) * Acute Primary Pneumonia and Acute Influenzal Pneumonia. \Notification by medical practitioner is not required if the disease “ has occurred in the same family or institution and been notified within the period of two months immediately preceding the date on which he first becomes aware of a further case.” Table 11 shows the total number of cases notified during the year, the total number of deaths which occurred, and the numbers admitted to the Corporation Hospitals. Table 12 gives the age distribution of the cases notified, and Table 9 the age distribution of the deaths which occurred. The number of cases notified during each week of the year is shown in Table 13, and the number of notifications each year during the past 10 years is seen in Table 14.