[Report 1939] / Medical Officer of Health, East Berks (Berkshire) United Sanitary Districts (Maidenhead U.D.C., Wokingham U.D.C., Cookham R.D.C., Easthampstead R.D.C., Windsor R.D.C., Wokingham R.D.C.).

  • East Berks (Berkshire United Sanitary Districts)
Date:
1939
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Credit: [Report 1939] / Medical Officer of Health, East Berks (Berkshire) United Sanitary Districts (Maidenhead U.D.C., Wokingham U.D.C., Cookham R.D.C., Easthampstead R.D.C., Windsor R.D.C., Wokingham R.D.C.). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Table III. List of Infectious Diseases for the Five Years, 1935—^1939. Disease. 1935. 1936. 1937. 1938. 1939. Cerebro-spinal Meningitis ... 0 0 I 0 1 Diphtheria 26 37 15 24 51 Dysentery 0 0 0 0 1 Encephalitis Lethargica ... ... 0 0 0 0 0 Enteric Fever (including Typhoid and Paratyphoid) ... ... 0 0 3 0 2 Erysipelas 3 2 4 2 4 Malaria 0 0 0 0 0 Ophthalmia Neonatorum ... 0 1 1 1 1 Pneumonia 9 3 8 6 10 Polio-encephalitis ... ... ... 0 0 1 0 0 Poliomyelitis ... 0 1 0 0 0 Puerperal Fever ... 2 1 2 0 0 Puerperal Pyrexia ... ... 0 0 2 10 3 Scarlet Fever 19 45 12 23 20 Smallpox 0 0 0 0 0 Whooping Cough* - - - - 2 Not notifiable until October, 1939. Table IV. Infectious and Other Diseases in Schools. This year there was no epidemic ” of infectious disease affecting school children ; odd cases occurred, but there was no spread. The individual exclusions were :— For Infectious Disease. Chicken Pox cases and their contacts ... German Measles cases and their contacts Whooping Cough cases and their contacts 3 3 1 Total 7 For Other Diseases. Bronchitis 4 Rheumatism ... 2 Conjunctivitis 2 Ringworm 4 Ear-ache 1 Scabies 7 Ear discharging 1 Tonsillitis 6 Impetigo 1 Urticaria 2 Influenza 3 Vermin 11 Jaundice 4 Vomitting 2 Nits 2 Total Previous year 52 64