[Report 1943] / Medical Officer of Health, Consett U.D.C.

  • Consett (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1943
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Credit: [Report 1943] / Medical Officer of Health, Consett U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Prevalence of and Control over Infectious and Other Diseases, There were 543 notificat^.ons of Infectious Diseases (other than Tuberculosis) compared, vfith 551 in 1942* Measles and Whooping Cough were again prevalent and accoiinted for 363 cases of the 543. Compared v/ith the total of 1,586 notifications in 1940j, we can be satisfied with such low returns in the fifth year of war. The' following table shows the number of cases notified and the mmibers adFrj.ttc;d either to Isolation Hospitals or already in an Institutions- j Disease Number of Notifications. Number admitted to Ho soital, i Scarlet Fever 62 43 Diphtheria 29 23 Frysipelas 14 - 0 ph. tlial mi a H e ona t or i.im ]. 1 Puerperal Pyrexia. 3 1 Pncurrionla 68 3 Cerebro-spinal Fever 3 ■ 3 Measles 291 - Whooping Coaigh 72 — Totals 543 74 lion-civilian cases are not included in these fi-pares. Scarlet -Fever. There was a doclino in cases compared with 1942, 62 cases against 83. The type of disease was mild and generally free from complications. There wore no deaths. About 31)C of tho cases wore successfully treated at home with no ill effects and return^' cases were absent. Diphtheria. . There v/ere 29 cases notified, seven of these were non-residents. Of the 22 residents contracting this ct-iseasG, .five v/ere adults and 17 were children under 15 years of age, 3 o.f whom wore iraraunlsed and 14 non-imirmlsod, There laerc 2 deaths, both in non-imr.iunised' children. The effect of the irnmamisation ccTfipa.ign is nov7 bocoming apparent. The ,follo’.nng fi.gures ill.lustrato the ca.ses and deaths since 1927 in the areas not constituting Gonsett Urban District. Those prior to 1957 are composito figures based, on tho rioparato districts concerned as far as available records permit. Cases Years Noti.fled. Deaths 1927 95 9 • 1928 129 11 1929 140 6 1930 141 • 5 1931 49 2 1932 60 0 1 / 1953 183 11 1934 234 16 1935 150 15 1936 164 IS 1937 180 15 1938 154 14 1939 73 11 1940 10 o 1941 1.0 ;l 1942_ . 13 2 1945 22 2 9-