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Ruislip-Northwood 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ruislip]
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PREVALENCE OF AND CONTROL OVER INFECTIOUS DISEASE
Classified List of Infectious Diseases Notified
| DISEASE | Ages of Cases Notified | TOTAL 1954 | TOTAL 1953 | Total Cases Admitted to Hospital | DEATHS | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under one year | 1 to 2 | 3 to 4 | 5 to 9 | 10 to 14 | 15 to 24 | 25 and over | Age unknown | ||||||||
| 1954 | 1953 | 1954 | 1953 | ||||||||||||
| Scarlet Fever | - | 5 | 17 | 65 | 5 | - | - | - | 92 | 79 | 3 | - | - | - | |
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Typhoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Paratyphoid 'B' Fever | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | ||
| Dysentery | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | 5 | 5 | 1 | - | - | ||
| Erysipelas | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | 20 | - | 25 | 30 | - | 1 | - | - | |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 7 | 9 | 6 | 6 | - | - | ||
| Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | _ | - | |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | ||
| Pneumonia | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 26 | - | 47 | 143 | 13 | 20 | 20 | 35 | |
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Malaria | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Tuberculosis (Pulmonary) Tuberculosis (Non-Pnlmonary) | S EE | TABLE | |||||||||||||
| Poliomyelitis (Paralytic) | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 7 | 2 | 7 | - | 5 | |
| Poliomyelitis (Non-Paralytic). | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | - | - | |
| Acute Encephalitis (Infective) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| do. (Post Infectious) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Measles | - | 7 | 2 | - | 1 | - | 27 | 1051 | 1 | 2 | _ | - | |||
| Whooping Cough | 5 | 6 | 19 | 34 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 68 | 512 | - | - | - | ||
| Food Poisoning | " | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | - | 4 | 2 | 2 | - | - | ||
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
The following table shews the incidence of infectious
diseases during 1954 and gives comparisons with the previous
year.