[Report 1918] / Medical Officer of Health, Darlington County Borough.

  • Darlington (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1918
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Credit: [Report 1918] / Medical Officer of Health, Darlington County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    of Measles from soldiers in the Borough. There were also removed to the Isolation Hospital 20 cases of Scabies among inhabitants of the Borough. In addition to these 2 civil cases and 3 military cases of Scarlet Fever, 1 civil case and 3 military cases of Diphtheria, 1 military case of Mumps, 1 military case of Spanish Influenza, 3 military cases of Measles, and 1 civil case of Cerebro-spinal Meningitis were removed from outside the Borough. The following Table shews the number of cases of Infec- tious Diseases notified each month during 1918: — Scarlet Fever. Diphtheria and Membranous Croup. Enteric Fever. Pulmonary Tuberculosis. Other forms of Tuberculosis. Puerperal F ever. Erysipelas. Ophthalmia Neonatorum Measles and German Measles. Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis Totals. January 1 5 1 7 5 4 12 35 February 13 1 16 23 6 1 44 104 March 5 10 15 8 4 69 111 April 4 4 9 24 6 2 93 142 May. . 3 2 i 11 22 1 203 243 June 3 6 , , 6 2 1 206 224 July .. 6 9 5 8 1 1 114 144 August 5 6 i 5 1 1 33 52 September . . 15 6 10 7 1 1 19 59 October 21 16 i 6 1 2 2 29 2 80 November 11 4 3 2 3 2 22 2 49 December 9 10 8 2 3 2 9 43 Total for 1918 83 91 5 101 105 1 26 17 853 4 1286 Total for 1917 40 67 3 106 68 3 28 18 1188 3 1524 Scarlet Fever.—This disease was more prevalent than in the previous year. Of the 83 cases notified, 79, over 95 per cent, were removed to the Borough Isolation Hospital. Among these there were only two deaths.