[Report 1973] / Medical Officer of Health, Ashford U.D.C.

  • Ashford (Kent, England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1973
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Credit: [Report 1973] / Medical Officer of Health, Ashford U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The Infectious Diseases Measles Seven hundred and seventy-seven cases of this disease were notified during the year compared with seventeen during the previous year. This infection is still endemic and prevalent although vaccination is an inhibiting factor in the prevention of larger outbreaks; the serious complications of former years are now relatively infrequent and when they do occur are usually treated successfully by anti-biotics. Whooping Cough Two cases were notified compared with five in the previous year. In former years outbreaks of this distress-! ful children's disease were common and there was a large number of deaths chiefly due to Broncho-pneumonia amongst infants. Scarlet Fever One case was notified compared with three in the previous year. This illness is now mild and its formerly serious complications are becoming infrequent; if any do occur, treatment by a specific anti-biotic is invariably successful. Meningitis One case was notified. This serious infection was common during the War when a large number of soldiers was billetted in the Urban area, but since then cases have been few and isolated. Occasionally isolated cases of Aseptic or Virus infection occur. Food Poisoning No cases of this illness occurred throughout the District during the year which is an excellent tribute to the invaluable routine preventive work carried through by the Public Health Inspectorate. -4-