[Report 1940] / Medical Officer of Health, Doncaster R.D.C.

  • Doncaster (England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1940
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Credit: [Report 1940] / Medical Officer of Health, Doncaster R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PREVALENCE OF AND CONTROL OVER INFECTIOUS DISEASES NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 1940 (Other than Tuberculosis) Age and Sex incidence DISEASE 0—1 iM 1 tH CO 1 CS] CO K5 OT—S 1 10—15 1 15—25 25—35 1 LO T lO CO 45—55 I 55—65 Over 65 Totals Removed to Hospital Died Scarlet Ivl — 1 2 7 5 18 8 3 1 — — — 45 45 — Fever F 1 1 3 10 10 24 14 6 1 — — — — 70 68 Diphtheria M — — — — 1 7 3 3 — •— —• — — 14 14 2 F — — 2 2 2 12 8 — 1 — — — — 2/ 26 4 Pneumonia M 1 3 2 2 3 2 1 8 2 3 6 6 3 42 3 *13 F •— — 1 — — — — — — 1 2 1 — 5 -— *9 Measles I\I 9 CO to 32 45 51 177 11 23 3 — — — — 383 — — F 11 23 29 35 48 138 11 5 4 — — 1 — 305 •— 3 Whooping M 1 1 2 2 3 8 — — — 1 — — I 1 1 1 18 — 1 Cough F 3 — 2 2 3 -J. 12 — 2 r Erysipelas M — — — — — •— — 1 1 1 2 — 1 6 — — F 1 2 1 1 1 — 6 — — Puerperal Pyrexia — — — — — — — 2 12 1 — — — 15 15 1 Onhthaimia- M 1 — — — — — — •— — — — — •— 1 — — Neonatorum F 3 O o Cerebro- Spinal- Meningitis M — 1 — 1 — — — — 2 — •— — — 4 4 1 F — — — — — — 1 — — 1 — — ■— 2 2 1 Anterior M — — — — — 1 — — — — — — — 1 — — Poliomyelitis F — Totals 30 62 75 106 125 390 57 52 29 9 11 9 4 959 177 37 These figures include deaths from all forms of pneumonia. In the first full year of the operation of the notification of measles 688 cases were reported. The disease was prevalent in all parts of the district but particularly at Askern and Kirk Sandall. Being unable to provide nursing facilities at the isolation hospital for severe cases because of restricted accommodation,