[Report 1913] / Medical Officer of Health, Barnsley County Borough.

  • Barnsley (England : Unitary authority). County Borough Council.
Date:
1913
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Credit: [Report 1913] / Medical Officer of Health, Barnsley County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    NON-NOTIFIABLE DISEASES. Measles. Very few cases have occurred of this disease or of whooping cough. A few of the latter have arisen at the end of the year. Anthrax, Glanders, & Tetanus, No case. Diarrhcea & Enteritis. Seven deaths have occurred from this cause. Cases were fairly common in the late summer and early autumn of the year. School intimations of disease are received and the schools visited when necessary ; they are of very great help to the Medical Officer of Health. DEATHS FROM ZYMOTIC DISEASES. The following table gives the deaths occurring from the seven principal Zymotic diseases during the last seven years :— Zymotic Diseases. 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 Diarrhoea 3 I 2 I I 7 I 7 Diphtheria Measles ... I a I 2 I 8 J I Scarlet Fever 2 I I Typhoid Fever ... 2 9 Whooping Cough 15 8 I Total for each year 19 ' 8 2 10 24 7 9 (E) PREVALENCE OF AND CONTROL OVER TUBERCULOSIS. During the year 34 cases of pulmonary tuberculosis have been notified, and 21 other forms of tuberculosis.