[Report 1925] / Medical Officer of Health, Greenock Burgh.

  • Greenock (Scotland). Burgh Council.
Date:
1925
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Credit: [Report 1925] / Medical Officer of Health, Greenock Burgh. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Table VII. gives a comparative statement of the number of cases of Zymotic Diseases treated at Home and in Hospi- tal, and shews the number of apartments in the homes of me patients. Of the Scarlet Fever cases 100 per cent, were treated in Hospital; of Enteric Fever 70.92 per cent.—3 cases were treated at Smithston-—and of Diphtheria 98.83 per cent. Table VIII. shews the number of cases of Infectious Diseases ascertained with the removals to Hospital from the five districts during the year. Table IX. shews the number of cases of Measles and Whooping Cough, with or without medical attendance, and the percentage of death to cases ascertained month by month. Table X. compares the mortality at home and in hospital in relation to Scarlet Fever, Enteric Fever and Diphtheria. Table XI. shews the number of families and persons ac- commodated in the Reception House during the year. INDIVIDUAL DISEASES. Smallpox.—There was no case of Smallpox during the year, which is very satisfactory considering the very large increase of Smallpox cases in England during the past year. Chickenpox.—During the yeal- 513 cases were reported under the Greenock Corporation Act, 1909. There was no death. The number of cases reported in 1924 was 203. Enteric Fever.—13 cases of this disease were notified in the Burgh during the year, including 3 cases which occurred at Smithston Hospital amongst the mental patients. The circumstances there were investigated in conjunction with Board of Health experts, with the result that 2 intermittent carriers were discovered and isolated along with the one re- ferred to in my last year’s report. With regard to the cases in the Burgh, there did not seem to be any common origin for these cases, and the origin of each individual case could not be definitely ascertained. The usual preventive measures were taken, and there was no apparent connection whatever between the various cases. Typhus*.—There were 14 cases of Typhus Fever during 1925, 4 of which were notified as Continued Fever, but sub- sequently diagnosed as Typhus Fever after admission to Hos- pital. There were 4 deaths, being 28.57 per cent, of the total cases. It is very interesting to note that the cases first affected in the two outbreaks last year were distinctly con- nected with, the persons concerned in the outbreak five \eais