[Report 1956] / Medical Officer of Health, Caithness County Council.

  • Caithness (Scotland). County Council.
Date:
1956
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Credit: [Report 1956] / Medical Officer of Health, Caithness County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTROL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES. There were 33 notifications of infectious diseases during the year. The cases notified were:— Cerebro-spinal fever 2 Dysentery 1 Erysipelas 2 Acute infiuenzal pneumonia 1 Acute primary pneumonia 7 Scarlet fever 8 Puerperal pyrexia 1 Food poisoning 11 33 Scarlet Fever. Eight cases of Scarlet Fever were notified during the year. Six of the patients were removed to hospital and the other two received treatment at home.