[Report 1939] / Medical Officer of Health, Pontefract Borough.

  • Pontefract (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1939
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Credit: [Report 1939] / Medical Officer of Health, Pontefract Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    notifiable Diseases (other than Tuberculosis) during the Year 1939* The following table gives particulars of the incidence of notifiable diseases Table III. -r Diseases -- Total notified cases -— ■ ■ —-T Cases admitted to hospital Total deaths Scarlet fever 23 86 23 86 0 L Diphtheria O n Enteric fever 3 j Pneumonia 32 0 d 0 0 0 0 0 Puerperal pyrexia Erysipelas /.cute Poliomyelitis 1 9 1 1 0 1 1 0 J— -——— Ophthalmia Neonatorum 1 Chickenpox 04 1 ir' 3 Dotes on notifiable Diseases. Scarlet fever. 23 cases of scarlet fever is a decrease of lion last yea; - figure, and of 91 on 1937. Cases have been oi a mild type, ana t..cre have been no deaths. Diphtheria. 86 cases were notified, an increase of 18 on last year; 42 of these occurred in patients between the ages of 5 and 15,^ana - cao a between the a°es of 15 and 20. The disease was present throughout the year, incidence being highest in March when 13 cases were notified There were 6 deaths. Enteric fever. S cases of paratyphoid occurred in the Eorough, 2 of whica were notified from the Pontefract General Infirmary. There were no deatns. TUBERCULOSIS. In the following table new cases and mortality are classified Table IV. __.__—,- hew cases Dea+ ,hs Age periods Respiratory Hon- respiratory Respiratory Don- respiratory M. F. M. F. Mo F - tv ! w. 1 _. | 1 » Under 5 years 5 and under 15 15 and under 25 25 and under 35 35 and under 4-5 45 and under 55 55 and under 65 65 and over 2 2 2 1 2 4 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 4 A 2 3 1 2 1 1 1 ■ 5 9 8 1 1_0 _