[Report 1939] / Medical Officer of Health, Lincoln City.

Lincoln (England). City Council.

Date:: 1939

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Credit: [Report 1939] / Medical Officer of Health, Lincoln City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Cerebro-Spinal Fever. The number of notifications received during the last five years was as follows :— 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1 — 2 23 There was no death from this cause. Malaria. No case of Malaria was notified during 1939. Acute Polio-Myelitis and Acute Polioencephalitis. No cases were notified during 1939. Pneumonia. The number of notifications received during the last five years was as follows :— 1935 1936 1937 J938 1939 61 81 120 87 97 The deaths attributed to this cause numbered 32. Smallpox. No case of Smallpox was notified during 1939. Chickenpox. The number of notifications received during the last five years was as follows :— 1935 1936 1937 337 391 208 There was no death from this cause. 1938 1939 482 265 Non-notifiable Infectious Diseases. Measles. 14 cases were brought to the notice of the Health Department as compared with 264 in 1938. No deaths were certified as due to this cause. German Measles. One case was brought to the notice of the Health Department as against 11 in 1938. Mumps. 16 cases were reported as against 26 during 1938. Whooping Cough. 200 cases were reported as against 145 in 1938. Two deaths were reported from this cause.