[Report 1945] / Medical Officer of Health, Worcestershire / County of Worcester County Council.

  • Worcestershire (England). County Council.
Date:
1945
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Credit: [Report 1945] / Medical Officer of Health, Worcestershire / County of Worcester County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ANNUAL REPORT OF THE CHIEF TUBERCULOSIS OFFICER FOR THE YEAR 1945. Notifications and Mortality. Table I. shows the numbers of notifications and deaths in each of the past five years. TABLE I. Notifications Deaths Non- Non- Year. Pulmonary Pulmonary Total Pulmonary Pulmonary Total 1941 291 75 366 168 51 219 1942 270 62* 332 156 38 194 1943 309 77 386 156 47 203 1944 273 62 335 150 35 185 1945 255 45 300 157 29 186 Table Ia is a graphic record of the notification and death rates per 1,000 of the population during the past twenty years. It will be observed that the gradual decline in these rates has been halted during the war years, and the figures for 1945 are once more at the 1939 level with a slight intervening rise. Whilst this set-back is regrettable, it might well have been much worse considering the general social upheaval that has taken place in recent years. Tnere is good reason to hope that a period of economic recovery would result in a resumption of the decline of tnese rates.