[Report 1927] / Medical Officer of Health, West Lothian County Council.

  • West Lothian (Scotland). County Council.
Date:
1927
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Credit: [Report 1927] / Medical Officer of Health, West Lothian County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Infectious Diseases. Scarlet Fever—Cases notified, 150 ; removed to hospital. 123 ; deaths, 3. Diphtheria—Cases notified, 73 ; removed to hospital, 71 ; deaths, 7. There were two cases of ENTERIC FEVER and three cases of Puerperal Fever. Opathalmta Neonatorum—Two cases were reported. Re- covery took place without any loss of vision. Erysipelas—23 cases, of which 2 were removed to hospital. There were also notified 10 cases of Acute Primary Pneu- monia ; 10 of Influenzal Pnuemonia ; 2 cases of Infantile Paralysis ; and 04 cases of Chickenpox. Pulmonary Tuberculosis—Of the 37 cases reported 20 received treatment in East Fortune Sanatorium. Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis—There were 74 cases noti- fied, and of these 49 received institutional treatment. Diabetes: Supply of Insulin—The Public Health (Scot- land) Amendment Act, 1925, gives power to a Local Authority to make such arrangements as they may think fit for providing medicine and treatment to persons who are suffering from Diabetes and who require assistance in obtaining such medicines and treat- ment. A supply of Insulin was granted to one patient during the year. Hospitals. Tippethill Hospital—During the year there were admitted from the District 163 cases of Scarlet Fever, 128 of Diphtheria, 4, of Erysipelas, 2 of Enteric Fever, and 1 of Cerebro Spinal Menin- gitis. There were 8 deaths from Diphtheria, 3 from Scarlet Fever 1 from Erysipelas, and 1 from Enteric Fever. Broxburn Hospital—There were admitted 11 cases of Scarlet Fever. No deaths occurred.