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Total visits & revisits: 31,242 21,476. 23,356 13,841
These figures must, of course, also be read in the light
of the considerable reduction of staff, both medical and
health visiting, which has taken place. Before the War, in
addition to Dr. Purce, there were 4 part-time doctors engaged
in the work of the two Welfare Centres, and there were 11
health visitors. At the end of 1941, there was only one
centre, one medical officer and 5 health visitors.
DISEASE.
The low incidence of infectious disease noted in the
last two interim reports continued generally in 1941,although
as shown below, there was an unwelcome substantial increase in
Measles and Whooping Cough; and Cerebro-Spinal Fever also
showed a further increase from 22 to 31 cases as compared
with the 1936-1938 average of 5 per annum. Equally
unsatisfactory is the greater number of cases of Tuberculosis
coming to light. There is little to add to what has been
said in the two previous reports with regard to the very
considerable reduction in the occurrence of Diphtheria and
Scarlet Fever. The main facts with regard to the trend of
infectious disease may be seen from the following figures:
Measles
Whooping Cough
Tuberculosis
Other infectious
disease.
1936-38
(average)
(254) +
(1143)
(410) +
(250)
134
951
1939
23
312
101
566
1240
187
10
82
272
1941
489
345
96
309
+ In view of the biennial incidence of these diseases,
separate figures for 1937 & 1938 are given instead of the
triennial average.