[Report 1914] / Medical Officer of Health, Wigan County Borough.

  • Wigan (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1914
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Credit: [Report 1914] / Medical Officer of Health, Wigan County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The steady decrease in the number of successful Vaccinations cannot but be viewed with misgivings. The medical testimony is overwhelmingly in favour of this simple and efficacious form of insurance against Small-pox. The disease is now present at Oldham, and it is to be feared that if it appears in Wigan, the presence of a large number of susceptible (i.e., non-vaccinated) persons is likely to have serious consequences. Cities and Towns in w7hich Smaee-pox occurred DURING THE YEAR 1914. London, Southampton, Liverpool, Salford, Oldham, Rochdale, Barrow-in-Furness, Huddersfield, Leeds, Dewsbury, Cardiff, Folke¬ stone, Weymouth, Bacup, Colne, Batley, Harrogate, and Morley. Scarlet Fever. Number of Notifications. 222 Number of Deaths. 1 Death-rate per 1,000 of Population . -on The number of Notifications of this Disease is, for 1914, 222, against 71 in 1913. One death occurred, giving a rate of -on as against 1 death with a rate of -on in 1913. Notifications. Removed to Sanatorium. Deaths. January . 9 8 February . 11 9 March . 5 3 April. 7 7 Mav . 13 12 June . 10 8 J ulv . 14 10 August . 32 29 September . 29 23 October . 45 29 November. 22 14 1 December . 25 16 Total . 222 168 1 The percentage of removals to Sanatorium has been 75 -65 against 70-42 in 1913, and 80-98 in 1912. We had 1 death among those notified ; this occurred in hospital; giving a fatality-rate of -58% of hospital-treated cases, as against 2-00% in 1913.