[Report 1923] / Medical Officer of Health, Argyll County Council.

  • Argyllshire (Scotland). County Council.
Date:
1923
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Credit: [Report 1923] / Medical Officer of Health, Argyll County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    - L GENERAL. During the jrear there were notified 197 cases of infectious disease from the seven districts of the County, including Pul- monary and ISfon-pulmonary Tuberculosis, as follows — Ardnamurchan, 6 ; Cowal, 32 ; Islay, 10 ; Kintyre, 37 ; Lorn, 72; Mid-Argyll, 27 ; and Mull, 13. 70 cases of Pulmonary and 9 cases of Non-pulmonary Tuberculosis were notified and there were 39 deaths from Pul- monary and Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis during the year. The following table shows the number of cases of infectious disease notified from the seven districts of the County, the number removed to Hospital or Sanatorium, and the number treated at their homes Disease Ct Jh a o p £ < s Cowal Jt m Kintyre Lorn Mid- Argyll s ro H Diphtheria .... 1 4 5 Erysipelas .... 4 1 9 1 1 9 Scarlet Fever 1 5 7 24 1 38 Acute Primary Pneumonia . 2 3 2 1 8 Enteric Fever 2 6 2 10 Chickenpox .... 6 6 2 i 15 Measles .... 12 18 3 33 Pulmonary Tuberculosis [> 11 9 4 13 19 9 70 Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis 1 1 5 1 1 9 Total 6 32 10 37 72 27 13 197 Cases removed to Hospital or Sanatorium i 5 5 8 29 12 5 65 Cases treated at Home . 5 27 5 29 43 15 8 132 In addition to the above, 2 cases of Pulmonary Tuberculosis, notified in the previous year, were removed to the Sanatorium during 1923.