[Report 1942] / Medical Officer of Health, Bentley-with-Arksey U.D.C.

Bentley-with-Arksey (England). Urban District Council.

Date:: 1942

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Credit: [Report 1942] / Medical Officer of Health, Bentley-with-Arksey U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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treatment. The following arc the numbers of eases treated for the six months June—December, 1!)42: — Date Males Females Children June, 1942 1 4 11 July 8 18 36 August 3 11 23 September 6 14 40 October 5 3 12 November 9 12 28 December 9 19 26 Totals 41 81 176 OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM. Two cases of Ophthalmia Neonatorum were notified during the year. Both cases made a satisfactory recovery. 1 UBERCULOSIS. No action was taken under the Public Health (Prevention of Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1925, or under Section 172 of the Public Health Act, 1936. NEW CASES AND MORTALITY 1942 WITH COMPARATIVE FIGURES 1941. NEW CASES DEATHS AGE Respiratory other Forms Respiratory other Forms PERIOD Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female 1942 1941 1942 1941 1942 1941 1942 1941 1942 1941 1942 1941 1942 1941 1942 1941 0- 1 5-15 2 1—1 4 3 — — - - - 1 2 1 15-25 2 3 3 4 — — 1 1 — 211- _ — 25-35 35-45 6 5 1 — 4 7—1 1 z z z 5 4 — — 2 — — — - 1 1 45-55 55-65 65 and over 1 1 — — - Z - — 1 — 1 - — — 1 — Totals 17 17 4 6 6 5 2 1 7 9 13 4 4 1 — There were 13 deaths attributable to Tuberculosis during the year , giving a death rate of .73 per 1,000 population. The number of cases in the Tuberculosis Register at the Slst December, 1942, com pared with the previous year was: — 1942 1941 M. F. M. F. Respiratory 69 32 Respiratory 59 30 Other Forms 29 19 Other Forms 25 16