[Report 1943] / Medical Officer of Health, Chichester R.D.C.

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

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    Parish 1 . Jan o - Mar Apr jMay i June July Aug Sept Oct > o Dec ! i Total | j Brt. Fwd. I 15 3 24 i 11! 4 i 1 6 9 2 2 77 i East Dean 4 i - ** - . { 4 E, Wittering - 1 1 - 1 3x lx - - - - 6 Ford - 4 2 3x - Is i x - - 12 Funtington o 6 - - ! 1 - 2 3 - - i4 ; Hunston 3 - 1 - ! - - - - - - - 4 Lavant 11 5 - lx - — - - - - - - 17 Madehurst - - - ! 3 1 - - 4 Middleton 2 2 1 -{ 1 - - . - - - 1 7 N. Mundham - 1 - 1! - - - - - 2 Oving - - - lj 1 - - 1 - - 3 Pagham - 2 - - i 3 15 2 2 - - - 24 Solsey - - 4 2 | - - - - • - - 6 | Sidlesh^m _ - - - 1 - 3 - - - - 3 Slindon lx - - lx 2 1 - - - - 5 Stoughton _ 1 - j - - - - - _ - 1 Tangmere lx 7x 2/5 - - - - - 10 Tortington 1 - - ! 2 - - - - - 8 ! Walberton _ T J. - 6 |25 4 ,n 1 - - - - 35 ! Westbourne 7 19 23 34^10 5 r7: 1 _ - - - 102 ! Westhampnett lx 1 “*■ - | 2 - - - - - - - 4 j W. Itchenor - 6 2 | - - - - - - - - 8 jw. Wittering 1 - - M i — - - - - - - : - 1 i Yapton — l] i i 1 9 5 - 17 1 TOTALS: i 47 53 1 65 j 61 i56 \ 38 23 23 2 2 1 j 374 i x Non-Civiliana. Includes one Non-civilian in each case. Enteric Fever and Dysentery No cases of typhoid or paratyphoid fever were notified during the year. Two isolated cases of dysentery, one B. Dysenteriae Flexner were notified, both being non-civilians. In both cases the disease was probably contracted outside the district. Puerperal Fever / As in the year 1542, three cases of this condition were notified during the year under review. All the patients were nursed at home and made good recoveries. One death was attributed to Toxaemia of pregnancy, the patient’s death occurring at the County Council’s Maternity Home at Southlands Hospital, Shoreham-by-Sea, and subsequently assigned to this distri ct. Ophthalmia Neonatorum Two cases of this condition wore notified during the year as compared with one for the previous year. Both cases were nursed at home and made complete recoveries without impairment of vision. -39-