[Report 1911] / Medical Officer of Health, Diss U.D.C.

  • Diss (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1911
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    In spite of my almost boasting remarks of the last two years I am again able to show a clean sheet as regards the notification of Zymotic Diseases this year, though there have been the usual epidemics among the schools of Measles, Whooping Cough and Sore Throats, &c., which will be discussed later under its proper heading. TABLE II. Cases of Infectious Diseases notified during the Year 1911. URBAN DISTRICT OF DISS. NOTIFIABLE DISEASE. CASES NOTIFIED IN WHOLE DISTRICT. At all Ages, At Ages—Years. 1 to 5. 5 to 15. 15 to 25. 1 25 to 65. 1 65 up. Erysipelas ... 2 1 1 Diphtheria ... 2 ... 2 ... ... Totals 4 ... 2 1 J In spite of the low number of notifications of Infectious Dis- eases the 7.—Zymotic Mortality records one death from Post Diphtheritic Paralysis of the Heart. [See note later.]