[Report 1944] / Medical Officer of Health, Driffield U.D.C.

  • Driffield (Humberside, England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1944
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Credit: [Report 1944] / Medical Officer of Health, Driffield U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    .-2- Total cases notifled Cages adinitted to Hoanital -Total . Deaths V/hooplng Cou^ Scarlet Pever Diphtheria ErysIpelaa Measlear Pneumonia Dysentry Puerperal Pyrexia Other diseases generally notifiable 72 I 1 4 10 2 2 * 1 I 1 TUBERCULOSIS •1 ITew cases and mortality durinf^ 1944 He^Cass Age neytflf^ ' Res-piratory Non* Deaths, M. P. Respiratory Re-8Pirator;y M, P. P. Non-rResp iratorv M. P. 0“ ■* 1- 10-* <*» 15- 25“ 35- 45- 55- o5 and iii^wards - The efficiency of notification ol Tuberculosis in the area Is well maintained. 4, An Assoc la't ion is in operation in the town known as the Driffield Nursing Association by whom a full-time nurse is employed ^'^hose servlcee are' available to subscribers'. Very good work is being done ^y .the nurse,: In add it i on'one C,II.B. nurse‘is working in the District, Maternity and Child Welfare:*? There is a Home in-Driffield with 12 Deds for lying-in cases. There is also‘a Maternity V/ard in the Driffield Public Assistance -Institution., - Immunisation. Ihe number of children undergoing, immunisation against DiphtheXla remains at a 'considerably hl^ level and it is estimated that of the children in the town of s-oiaoo,l age and under, about fCO have rece-ived 'treatment. Tuberoulosis Clinics: Clinic belonging to County Council available once a week in Beverley. Mental Diseases Clinic: Weekly at East Riding Mental Hospital; ~ ~ “Beverley Orthpaedic cases: Clinic i^onthly at Maternity Hom.e , Dr if f ield VeneralDiseases treated in Hull Royal infirmary and York County Hospital'free of charge, “ , Bacteriological Examinations carried out at the Scarborough North Riding Laboratory and the Laboratory at the Driffield Base Hospital,