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Wandsworth 1964
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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16 REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH FOR 1964
Measles
The number of cases notified during the year was 1,032 compared
with 3,427 in 1963, 691 in 1962 and 4,912 in 1961.
Poliomyelitis
No cases were confirmed during the year.
The figures of poliomyelitis from 1947 to 1964, the period during which the incidence of the disease in this country has been high, is shown in the following table:
| No. of cases reported as suspected poliomyelitis and investigated | No. of cases confirmed: | Deaths | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 | 119 | 78 | 4 | |
| 1948 | 31 | 15 | 6 | |
| 1949 | 89 | 58 | 4 | |
| 1950 | 71 | 40 | 7 | |
| (a) | (b) | |||
| paralytic | non-paralytic | |||
| 1951 | 29 | 4 | 7 | - |
| 1952 | 73 | 23 | 16 | 5 |
| 1953 | 73 | 19 | 8 | 2 |
| 1954 | 41 | 5 | 2 | - |
| 1955 | 104 | 22 | 27 | 1 |
| 1956 | 85 | 24 | 15 | 2 |
| 1957 | 147 | 43 | 28 | 4 |
| 1958 | 65 | 11 | 9 | 1 |
| 1959 | 73 | 13 | 4 | 1 |
| 1960 | 31 | 1 | 4 | - |
| 1961 | 33 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 1962 | 12 | 2 | - | - |
| 1963 | 6 | - | - | - |
| 1964 | 1 | - | - | - |
Meningococcal Infection
Six confirmed cases were notified, none of which proved fatal.
A number of other cases were investigated but these were subsequently
not confirmed.
In 1963 there were six confirmed cases with one death.
Acute Encephalitis
No cases occurred during the year.
Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fever
Two cases of typhoid fever and five cases of paratyphoid fever
were confirmed during the year. In three cases the patients had
been recently on the Continent, and this was presumed to be the
source of infection, but in the remaining cases, the source was not
established.