[Report 1947] / Sanitary Committee [- Medical Officer of Health], Cornwall County Council.

  • Cornwall (England). County Council.
Date:
1947
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Credit: [Report 1947] / Sanitary Committee [- Medical Officer of Health], Cornwall County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    NUMBER OF CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED IN RECENT YEARS. Infectious Disease 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1941 1945 1946 ! 1947 Smallpox — — — — — — — — Diphtheria 86 392 523 389 225 164 206 1.55 ! 44 1 Scarlet Fever 403 617 580 228 229 384 .386 280 j 167 Typhoid Fever 6 18 32 13 7 6 2 __ (excluding Paratyphoid) Paratyphoid Fevers 6 6 4 1 4 Erysipelas 66 98 95 87 71 75 65 .58 48 Puerperal Pyrexia 47 43 56 65 70 76 61 89 79 Ophthalmia Neonatorum 18 10 28 18 24 34 21 14 13 Acute Polio- myelitis 7 3 16 3 — 3 28 8 .32 Acute Polio- Encephalitis — — 1 1 — 2 1 1 — Acute Encephalitis Lethargica 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 Cerehro-spinal Fever 2 67 95 • 42 28 28 18 1 17 9 Pneumonia 257 271 283 248 313 339 242 205 221 Malaria — 1 2 1 9 35 17 i 12 i 1 Dysentery 9 10 95 38 61 95 117 17 i 29 Measles *41 4492 5664 184 1918 1.544 3989 267 j 2288 MTiooping Cough *106 287 1 i 1210 696 474 1179 473 550 i i 720 TOTALS j 1049 6309 j 8681 2014 34.36 .3972 5631 1 1670 1 36.55 ♦From 1.10.1939.