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Chest Clinic.
Dr. D. G. Madigan, Physician in charge, has kindly furnished
the following details for the year 1961:—
New cases attending the Chest Clinic for the first time:—
Adults. Children.
M. F. M. F.
Pulmonary Tuberculosis 21 20 1 —
Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis 1 1 — —
Non-Tuberculous 75 50 30 50
New Contacts examined during 1961 (not included in above
figures):
Negative: 193 Positive: 1
Number of patients who completed a course of hospital treatment
during 1961:32.
B.C.G. Vaccination: 131.
Public Health (Prevention of Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1925.
Section 172, Public Health Act, 1936.
No action was taken by the Local Authority under these Regulations
in 1961.
Mass X-Ray.
No general survey was undertaken in the area during the year
under review.
Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fever.
No cases were notified in 1961.
Whooping Cough.
One hundred and twenty-two cases were notified during the
year, as against thirty-nine in 1960. Only one case was admitted to
hospital.
No deaths from this disease were recorded.
The County Medical Officer informs me that a total of 1,369
children, normally resident in the Urban District, were immunised
against Whooping Cough in 1961.
Other Infectious Diseases.
In addition to those previously mentioned, notifications were
received as under:—
Erysipelas—6 cases, two of which were admitted to hospital.
Puerperal Pyrexia—2 cases (both institutionally treated).