[Report 1948] / Medical Officer of Health, Royal Tunbridge Wells Borough.

  • Tunbridge Wells (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1948
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Credit: [Report 1948] / Medical Officer of Health, Royal Tunbridge Wells Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    1 (i)—Maternal Mortality. There were two deaths during 1948 from conditions associated with childbirth. SECTION 2. INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 2 (a)—Notifiable Diseases. Two hundred and thirty-six cases of infectious disease were notified during 1948. The following tables give details of the seasonable and age incidence of, and the mortality from, these notifiable diseases ;— 2(a)—(i) Seasonable Incidence of Notifiable Infectious Diseases, 1948. Diseases. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apl. May Jun. July Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Totals Scarlet Fever 5 4 6 5 2 19 11 1 — 1 5 5 64 Diphtheria ... 1 1 — 2 Pneumonia ... 1 _\ t — 1 — — — — — 1 — 1 4 Puerperal Pyrexia ... — 1 1 Erysipelas 3 1 2 2 — — 1 — 1 — •— 2 12 Whooping Cough 6 12 10 6 5 2 8 11 6 6 3 10 85 Measles 2 4 4 16 16 16 2 3 — — 2 1 66 Paratyphoid... Acute Anterior Polio- 1 — 1 myelitis 1 1 17 21 22 30 23 39 23 15 7 8 12 19 236