[Report 1941] / Medical Officer of Health, Banbury Borough.

  • Banbury (Oxfordshire, England). Borough Council.
Date:
1941
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Credit: [Report 1941] / Medical Officer of Health, Banbury Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The following are the numbers of cases dealt with during the year : Disease. Banbury Boro. Boro. Evacs. Banbury R.D. Other Areas. Total. Scarlet Fever 14 1 10 _ 25 Ditto—contact — — 1 — 1 Diphtheria ... 4 1 2 5 12 Diphtheria Carriers... 2 9 2 — 13 Measles 5 1 2 2 10 Whooping Cough ... 1 10 4 — 15 Erysipelas ... Streptococceal 1 — 2 — 3 infection ... 1 1 — — 2 Mumps — 5 — 1 6 Scabies 6 14 3 9 32 Chickenpox ... — 6 2 1 9 Impetigo — 3 — — 3 Pneumonia, etc. — — 1 — 1 Totals 34 51 29 18 132 One child, seven months old, suffering from pneumonia and whooping cough, died during the year, seventeen days after admission. AGE INCIDENCE OP NOTIFIED CASES. Age over 1 2 3 4 5 10 15 20 35 45 65 and under 1 2 3 4 5 10 15 20 35 45 65 Scarlet Fever... 1 7 3 3 2 1 Diphtheria — — — 1 1 1 1 Pneumonia — — — — — — 1 — 1 — 1 3 Measles 3 2 4 3 2 11 14 2 7 — — — Whooping Cough 4 7 12 14 14 40 4 _ 3 Erysipelas 1 Cerebro-spinal Meningitis ... J 1 Puerperal Pyrexia _ _ _ 1 2 _ _ Ophthalmia Neonatorum 3 Typhoid Fever 1 Totals 10 9 16 18 18 69 23 6 12 5 2 4 '• - '■ ...