[Report 1942] / Medical Officer of Health, Cardiff County Borough & Port.

  • Cardiff (Wales). County Borough Council.
Date:
1942
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Credit: [Report 1942] / Medical Officer of Health, Cardiff County Borough & Port. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    IV.—PUBLIC ASSISTANCE. Public Assistance : Outdoor Relief.—The Director of Public Assistance has kindly pplied the following information regarding out-door relief:— Number of Persons in receipt of Relief Men Women Children under 16 years Total First week, 1942 744 1,650 1,303 3,697 Last week, 1942 6.58 1,373 1,181 3,212 The total cost of out-door relief during 1942 was £107,506, as compared with £113,207 in 1941. V.—NOTIFIABLE DISEASES. (Other than Tuberculosis). The incidence of notifiable diseases (other than tuberculosis) is shown in the following table, which also shows the number of notified cases admitted to hospitals :— Disease according to Notification Cases Notified Notified Cases admitted to Hospitals Scarlet Fever 318 146 Whooping Cough . . 382 47 Diphtheria 375 374 Measles 957 32 Acute Pneumonia 224 5 Cerebro-Spinal Fev'er 44 39 Acute Poliomyelitis 3 3 Acute Polioencephalitis 1 1 Acute Encephalitis Lethargica — — Dysentery . . . . ' . . 190 89 Oj)htluihnia Neonatorum 35* 3 Puerperal Pyrexia 95t 50 Enteric Fever 7 7 Erysipelas 74 21 Malaria 18 Food Poisoning 10 . 1 * Including 17 cases in institutions, f Including 12 cases among non-residents in institutions.