[Report 1921] / Medical Officer of Health, Hereford City.

  • Hereford (England). City Council.
Date:
1921
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Credit: [Report 1921] / Medical Officer of Health, Hereford City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Tuberculosis —Cases not Notified to Hereford U.D. :— One female was notified in Leominster and came to Hereford after Sanatorium treatment. One male died in Sanatorium, Knightwick, and sent to Hereford U.D. as a transfer death. One male “escaped” from Sanatorium, Birmingham, and came temporarily to Hereford. Two males aged 33 and 34 years died in Knightwick Sanatorium and one male aged 48 years died in the Ministry of Pensions Hospital, Birmingham. One female aged 24 years died in Gran ham Lodge Sanatorium, and one aged 29 years died in the Union Infirmary. Five cases of Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis from outside the City died in Herefordshire General Hospital. The ratio of non-notified Tuberculosis deaths to total Tuberculosis deaths was 5 : 19 for Pulmonary, and 8 : 10 for Non-Pulmonary. The following table shows the interval between date of notifica- tion and date of death in the case of Tuberculosis deaths :— Pulmonary. Non-Pulmonary Number notified over 2 years before death ... 2 0 ,, ,, „ but under 2 years before death ... ... ... .... ... 1 0 Number notified over 1 but under 1J years before death ... ... ... ... ... 1 0 Number notified over 6 months but under 12 months before death ... ... ... 3 0 Number notified under 6 months before death ... 7 2 Number notified after death ... ... ... *5 8 * Died in Hospital. Ophthalmia Neonatorum.—No cases were notified year. 4.—CAUSES OF SICKNESS. during the There have been no specially noteworthy causes of sickness and invalidity during the year. The outbreak of Influenza which began at the end of the year had not affected Hereford to any noteworthy extent by the end of the year. 5.—SUMMARY (for reference) OF NURSING ARRANGE- MENTS, HOSPITALS AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS. (A) . Professional Nursing* in the Home.—District Nursing is carried out by the Staff of the Hereford City Nursing and Maternity Society. There are no special arrangements for the home nursing of Infectious Disease in the homes ; the school nurses visit school children who are known to be suffering from infectious diseases such as measles, whooping cough, etc., and give directions to the parents as required. There are three private Nursing Homes in the City. (B) . Midwives. —The ten midwives practising in the City are under the supervision of the County Public Health Department.