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Orpington 1963
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Orpington]
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Dysentery.
Six cases of dysentery were notified during the year, only one
patient being admitted to hospital. No deaths from this disease were
recorded.
Food Poisoning.
A total of twenty-five cases were notified in 1963, three being
admitted to hospital. All were single cases. There were no outbreaks
of this disease.
Salmonella was isolated in seven cases.
No deaths from this disease were recorded.
The following is a copy of the annual return forwarded to the Ministry of Health:
| Notifications (corrected). | |
|---|---|
| (1) First Quarter | 19 |
| Second Quarter | 5 |
| Third Quarter | 1 |
| Fourth Quarter | Nil |
| (2) Cases otherwise ascertained | Nil |
| (3) Symptomless Excreters | Nil |
| (4) Fatal Cases | Nil |
| (5) Particulars of outbreaks: | |
| No. of cases notified | Nil |
| No. of cases otherwise ascertained | Nil |
| Agent identified: | |
| Staphylococci | Nil |
| CI. Welchii | Nil |
| (6) Single cases: | |
| Agent identified: | |
| Salmonella | 7 |
| Unknown | 18 |
| (7) Salmonella infections, not foodborne | Nil |
Measles.
Notifications of this disease showed an increase, 1,283 cases being
notified as against 253 in 1962. Fifteen of these cases were admitted
to hospital.
No deaths from this disease were recorded.
Meningococcal Infections.
Two cases occurred in the area during 1963. No deaths from
this disease were recorded.
Pneumonia.
Twenty cases of pneumonia were notified in 1963, as against
twenty-nine in the previous year. None of these cases was admitted
to hospital, all being home nursed. There were fifty-eight deaths
attributed to this disease. This figure includes people who are normally
resident in the Urban District, but who died outside the area.