[Report 1916] / Medical Officer of Health, West Sussex County Council.

  • West Sussex (England). County Council.
Date:
1916
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Credit: [Report 1916] / Medical Officer of Health, West Sussex County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    i TABLE VII.—Number of Deaths from Zymotic Diseases in each Sanitary District. Enteric Fever Small-pox Measles Scarlet Fever \\ hooping Cough Diphtheria & Croup Diarrhoea Total Death Rate Urban Districts. Arundel (M.B.) 1 1 04 Bognor — — — — 1 — — 1 0.1 Chichester (M.B.) I — —■ — 3 — 2 6 o-6 Horsham — — — —- 2 — 1 3 03 Littlehampton — — — — 2 — — 2 0-2 Shoreham-by-Sea — — — — — — — — South wick — — — — — 1 2 3 07 Worthing (M.B.) 1 — — — I — 5 /r / 0-2 Rural Districts. East Preston — — — 3 — — — 3 0-5 Horsham — — — 1 I 2 — 4 0-2 Midhurst — — — — 3 -- 1 4 03 Petworth — — — — 2 2 — 4 0-5 Steyning West -- — 1 1 1 — 1 4 o-5 Thakeham — — -- — — — 1 1 01 Westbourne ... — — — — 1 1 2 4 o-5 Westhampnett — — — 1 2 1 — 4 o-3 Total Urban Districts 3 — — — 9 1 10 23 o-3 Total Rural Districts — — I 6 10 6 5 28 o-3 Administrative County 3 — 1 6 19 7 15 5i o-3 INFECTIOUS DISEASES. Notification of Measles and German IVSeasIes. Under Regulations issued by the Local Government Board, Measles and German Measles became compulsorily notifiable as from the ist January, 1916. All the Local Authorities in the County, with the exception of the City of Chichester, the Urban District of Bognor and the Rural Districts of East Preston, Midhurst and Petworth, made arrangements with the Nursing Asso¬ ciations for their Nurses to visit all cases notified and to advise as to treatment and the pre¬ cautions to be taken to prevent the spread of infection. (The Petworth Rural District Council made arrangements in October, 1917). NOTIFIABLE DISEASES. During the year ended December 31st, 1916, the total number of cases of Infectious Disease notified to the District Medical Officers was 2,087. From Scarlet Fever there were 322 cases, from Diphtheria 132, from Enteric Fever 18, from Ervsipelas 51, from Measles and German Measles 1,226, from Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis 6, from Poliomyelitis 2, from Puerperal Fever 3, from Pulmonary Tuberculosis 248, and from other forms of Tuberculosis 59. There were no cases of Small-pox. Scarlet Fever was responsible for 6 deaths, Diphtheria 7 deaths, Enteric Fever 3 deaths. Measles 1 death, Puerperal Fever 2 deaths, from Poliomyelitis 2 deaths, Pulmonary Tuberculosis 196 deaths, and other forms of Tuberculosis 42 deaths. One hundred and seventy three cases of Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, Enteric Fever and Cerebro- Spinal Meningitis (36%) were removed to Isolation Hospitals.