[Report 1962] / Medical Officer of Health, Counties of Perth & Kinross.

  • Perthshire (Scotland). County Council.
Date:
1962
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Credit: [Report 1962] / Medical Officer of Health, Counties of Perth & Kinross. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    9 cases of whooping cough were notified compared to 28 last year. Of these, the majority were school children. As our scheme for immunisation using the combined antigen against diphtheria, whooping cough and tetanus was introduced in 1955, we are now seeing the benefits in the progressive drop in the number of cases. 25 cases of scarlet fever were notified, compared to 15 last year. 9. Venereal Disease The figures for new cases from this area in attendance at the clinics at Perth and Stirling are shown below: Perth Stirling Total (a) Syphilis .. - - (b) Gonorrhoea 39 1 40 (c) Other venereal conditions 52 2 54 91 3 94 (d) Non-venereal conditions 10 2 12 101 5 106 The figures for last year were Perth 74, Stirling 4, Total 78 10. Mental Health With the coming into operation of the revised procedures for the compulsory admission of the mentally ill and mental defectives to hospital and guardianship on 1st June 1962, there has been a marked falling off in the number of patients for whose admission the Authorised Officers now termed Mental Health Officers have had to make arrangements compared with previous years. During the year 8 patients were admitted to hospital at the instance of the Authorised Officer/Mental Health Officers Murthly Hospital 4, Murray Royal Hospital 2, and Strathmartine Hospital 2- Of this number 4 were admitted on an informal basis.