[Report 1949] / Medical Officer of Health, Lowestoft Borough and Port.

  • Lowestoft (England). Borough & Port Council.
Date:
1949
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Credit: [Report 1949] / Medical Officer of Health, Lowestoft Borough and Port. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    I It will be seen from this table that the Borough came in for its share of the poliomyelitis epidemic, having escaped the previous year. Of the 13 confirmed cases, none died, though some sustained severe paralysis. As far as Lowestoft was concerned, the cases were aged under 5 years and over 15 years, i.e., no school child was affected. All but 4 of the cases made a good recovery and may eventually show little evidence of their paralysis. The first case was notified on the 7th August, and the last case on 6th Nov¬ ember, the outbreak coinciding with the long spell of hot, dry weather which characterized the summer of 1949. i A sharp outbreak of measles occurred in June, July and August, raising the total of notified cases to 350 — nearly 200 cases more than during the previous year. The notifications for scarlet fever are up on the previous year, though the disease itself was mild in character. The notifications of whooping-cough are well down, being nine only compared with 65 the year before, and there were again no cases of diphtheria. Tuberculosis New cases and mortality during 1949 are given for the area in the following table: — New Cases Deaths Respira¬ tory Non- Res pira- tory Respira¬ tory Non- Respira- tory M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. 0— •— —7 — — — — — — 1— ■— —- — — — ■ — — — 5— 1 2 - 1 — — — — 15— — 3 -— — 2 1 — — 25— 3 1 1 — — — — 35— 5 2 — — 1 — 1 45— 3 5 — — 1 1 — — 55— 3 1 — — 4 1 — — 65 and upwards — 4 — — 1 1 — — Totals 15 18 1 1 9 4 1 Figures tabulated by Registrar General after final transfers •* 9 7 The number of new cases notified during 1949 shows a substantial de¬ crease from last year’s figure, there being a slight excess of female cases over males.