[Report 1924] / Medical Officer of Health, Greenock Burgh.

  • Greenock (Scotland). Burgh Council.
Date:
1924
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Credit: [Report 1924] / Medical Officer of Health, Greenock Burgh. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Practitioners, 16 Gy Public Health Officers, and 77 were re- ported after death by the Registrars. The cases reported by the Registrars included 37 cases of Whooping Cough, 22 cases of Measles, 1 case of Encephalitis Lethargica, 16 cases of Diarrhoea, and 1 case of' Erysipelas. Table VIII. gives a comparative statement of the num- ber of' cases of Zymotic Diseases treated at Home and in Hospital, and sIicavs the number of apartments in the homes of the patients. Of the Scarlet Fever cases 100 per cent, vere treated in Hospital; of Enteric Fever 95.45 per cent. —there Avas only one case treated at Home; and of Diph- theria 98.63 per cent. As regards the* Diphtheria cases treated at home, two in number, both died before notification. Table IX. shews the number of cases of Infectious Diseases ascertained with the removals to Hospital from the five districts during the year. Table X. sheAvs the number of cases of Measles and Whooping Cough, Avith or without medical attendance, and the percentage of' deaths to cases ascertained month by month. Table XI. compares the mortality at home and in hospi- tal in relation to Scarlet Fever, Enteric Fever and Diphtheria. Table XII. sIicavs the number of' families and persons accommodated in the Reception House during the year. INDIVIDUAL DISEASES. Smallpox.—There Avas no case of Smallpox during the year. Chickenpox.—During the year 203 cases were reported under the Greenock Corporation Act, 1909. There AA’as no death. The number of cases reported in 1923 Avas 505. Enteric Fever.—10 cases of this disease Avere notified in the Burgh during the year, but in no case was there any ap- parent connection betAveen the cases occurring in different households. In addition to the above, one case occurred in the person of a male patient in Smithston Asylum, and Avas removed to Gateside Hospital. Towards the end of the year, there was an outbreak of the disease amongst the female mental patients at Smithston. Eleven persons in all Avere affected, and investigation of the aaIioIc circumstances, in conjunction Avith Board of Health Experts, revealed the presence of a female ** carrier.' this woman had been a patient in the Asylum for many years, and it is quit© pos-