[Report 1955] / Medical Officer of Health, Warminster U.D.C.

  • Warminster (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1955
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Credit: [Report 1955] / Medical Officer of Health, Warminster U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES. Emergency supplies of sera for the treatment of anthrax, botulism and snake-bite are kept at the Ham Green Hospital, Bristol (tel.31165). Infectious Diseases notified during 1955. Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total Scarlet Fever 1 1 Dysentery 1 1 Whooping Cough 4 5 - 1 2 — - - — — - - 12 Poliomyelitis - - - — — - - — 1 - - 1 Measles - - - 11 120 66 6 - — - 203 1945 1950 1951 1952 1953 195ti Whooping Cough 25 21 38 68 4 33 12 Erysipelas 0 1 - 1 2 • 2 1 Measles 21 7 174 16 316 - 203 Meningococcal Infections 4 — - — - —. - Pneumonia 1 — 2 1 1 - Poliomyelitis 10 1 - 2 1 2 1 Scarlet Fever 2 19 8 41 3 — 1 Encephalitis 1 — — - 2 - - Dysentery 1 2 1 - 3 — 1 Food Poisoning — — — — — 3 — Tuberculosis, Pulmonary. Male. Female. Non- Hale. -Pulmonary. Female. Cases on Register at 31.12.55. 26 22 12 13 Nev/ Cases notified 1955. during 1 3 1 - Transfers in. 2 4 - - Deaths — - — — Recovered - 2 — 1 Transferred out of district 2 2 — _ /