Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hayes]
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Disease | Total Confirmed Cases Notified | Total Deaths |
---|---|---|
Scarlet Fever | 84 | - |
Diphtheria | — | — |
Pneumonia | 101 | 32 |
Meningococcal Infection | 2 | — |
Puerperal pyrexia | 12 | — |
Erysipelas | 7 | — |
Ophthalmia neonatorum | — | — |
Measles | 938 | 1 |
Whooping Cough | 257 | — |
Dysentery | 1 | — |
Acute poliomyelitis and encephalitis | 7 | — |
Malaria | 1 | — |
Para-typhoid fever | — | — |
Food poisoning | — | — |
Smallpox | - | — |
Acute encephalitis lethargica | - | - |
Age Periods | New Cases | Mortality | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Respiratory | Non-Respiratory | Respiratory | Non-Respiratory | |||||
M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
Under 1 year | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
1—4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
5—14 | 2 | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - |
15—24 | 8 | 8 | — | 2 | - | - | - | - |
25—34 | 9 | 11 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
35—44 | 4 | 10 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
45—54 | 10 | 3 | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - |
55—64 | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - |
65 and over | 4 | 1 | — | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
Age unknown | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
Totals | 40 | 36 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 2 | — | 1 |
It has not been found necessary to take any action under the
Public Health (Prevention of Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1925,
relating to tuberculosis amongst employees in the milk trade, nor
under the Public Health Act, 1936, Section 172, for the compulsory
removal to hospital of persons suffering from tuberculosis.
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