[Report 1941] / Medical Officer of Health, St Albans City.

  • St. Albans (England). City Council.
Date:
1941
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Credit: [Report 1941] / Medical Officer of Health, St Albans City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Infant Mortality. Of the 33 deaths of infants under one year 20 were due to Premature Birth and Congenital Defects. Notification of Infectious Diseases during the Year. Diseases. Cases Notified. Cases admitted to Hospital. Diphtheria ... 7 7 Scarlet Fever 95 79 Pneumonia ... 13 • • • Erysipelas 5 « • • Ophthalmia Neonatorum ... 1 1 Puerperal Pyrexia ... 9 9 Sonne Dysentery 22 18 Cerebro Spinal Fever 4 4 Whooping Cough ... 259 • • • Measles 927 • • • Paratyphoid Fever... 12 12 Pulmonary T.B. ... 42 • • • Non-Pulmonary T.B. 27 ... 'I'ots.l ••• 1423 130 Paratyphoid Fever. A sharp outbreak of Paratyphoid Fever developed in the middle of October, involving in all some twenty- four persons. The probable source of infection was discovered and appropriate action taken. Two secondary cases only developed and were traceable to those originally infected. There were no deaths from this outbreak.