[Report 1952] / School Medical Officer of Health, Anglesey County Council.

  • Anglesey (Wales). County Council. no2003102100.
Date:
1952
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Credit: [Report 1952] / School Medical Officer of Health, Anglesey County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Notifications of Tuberculosis. During the year 9 cases of tuberculosis were notified among children of school age. This was a considerable decrease on the number (22) for 1951. The form taken by the disease in this series was as follows : (The numbers in brackets are the corresponding figures for 1951) Non-respiratory forms 5 (7) Adenitis 1 Glands of neck 1 Abdomen 1 Metatarsal bones 1 Miliary 1 Adult type respiratory tuberculosis 1 (4) Primary chest infections 3 (11) The source of infection could be traced with some certainty to milk, in two cases, and to an adult case of tuberculosis in 5 cases. In two of the nine cases no source could be found. The decrease in the total number of new cases notified—from 22 to 9—is gratifying but cannot be taken as indicative of a com- parable decline in the incidence of the disease. The fact that no general mass radiography survey was done in 1952 must have a bearing on the fall in the number of new cases notified. B C.G. Vaccination. One of the measures of prevention at our disposal is B.C.G. vaccination, and 78 school age children were examined with a view to this treatment being given. After testing, 41 were vaccinated during the year.