[Report 1936] / Medical Officer of Health, Llanelli / Llanelly Borough.

  • Llanelli (Wales). Borough Council.
Date:
1936
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Credit: [Report 1936] / Medical Officer of Health, Llanelli / Llanelly Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Diphtheria Immunisation.—In my Annual Report for 1&6 I referred to this means for the prevention of diphtheria and particularly to the importance of the immunisation of the pre- school child. If this measure was carried out as widely as possible, diphtheria would in time become very rare. When the incidence of diphtheria is small the need for protection against it is likely to be put on one side. There is a natural tendency to hope that the community will continue to be free from diphtheria but in its absence, there is a gradual increase in the number of children who will be prone to contract the disease if exposed to its infection. In populous districts not every child who is exposed to the infection of diphtheria shows any clinical signs. He is passively immunised by contact with others who have contracted the disease. When diphtheria is rare in such a population the oppor- tunities for passive immunisation are few and the risks of an outbreak supervening are proportionately greater. Erysipelas.—Eleven notifications of this disease were received. Four of these were admitted into the Isolation Hospital. Puerperal Fever.—Two cases notified. One case was admitted into the Isolation Hospital. Both cases recovered. Puerperal Pyrexia.—Six cases notified. All the cases recovered. Analysis of the Notifications of Infectious Diseases under the Following Age Groups. Disease Under 1 year 1 2 3 4 5 10 15 20 35 45 65 * Tt’l Scarlet Fever 2 2 8 8 34 15 2 3 2 ... 76 Diphtheria ... 1 1 1 3 11 9 3 4 1 34 Pneumonia 5 2 i 2 4 1 3 13 6 q 2 48 Ophthalmia Neon atornm G 6 Puerperal Pyrexia ... ... 4 2 ... 6 Puerperal Fever ... 2 2 Erysipelas ... ... ... 1 ... 3 4 2 i ii Enteric Fever 1 i * 3 cases rediagnosed as scarlet fever, and 1 case rediagnosed as tonsillitis.