[Report 1917] / Medical Officer of Health, Kingston-upon-Hull County Borough.

Hull (England). County Borough Council.

Date:: 1917

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Credit: [Report 1917] / Medical Officer of Health, Kingston-upon-Hull County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Five hundred and four city cases of Scarlatina were notified to the authority, of which number 369 (or 73-2 per cent.) were removed to hospital. Eight deaths occurred in hospital. Three hundred and sixty-one persons were notified as suffering from Diphtheria. Of this number 250 (or 69-2 per cent.) were removed to hospital, 13 proving fatal. Sixty-five cases of Typhoid Fever were notified, of which number 38 (or 58-4 per cent.) were removed to hospital, 12 proving fatal. Of the 187 cases of Tuberculosis treated in hospital, 9 (or 4-S per cent.) died. Note.—These percentages do not include port cases or cases admitted from outlying districts. Evan Fraser Hospital. Only ninety-six cases (see table) were admitted direct into this hospital. Owing, however, to the limited accommodation at the City Hospital, Hedon Road, 217 Scarlatina and 79 Diphtheria convalescent patients were transferred to the Evan Fraser Hospital.