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Ruislip-Northwood 1959

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ruislip]

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INFECTIOUS DISEASES
The following table shews the incidence of infectious diseases
during 1959 and gives comparisons with the previous year.

Table: PREVALENCE OP AND CONTROL OVER INFECTIOUS DISEASE Classified List of Infectious Diseases Notified

PREVALENCE OP AND CONTROL OVER INFECTIOUS DISEASE Classified List of Infectious Diseases Notified

AGES OF CASES NOTIFIEDTOTAL 1959TOTAL 1958Total Cases Admitted to HospitalDEATHS
Under one year1 to 23 to 45 to 910 to 1415 to 2425 and overAge unknown
1959195819591958
Scarlet Fever-31229421-5138----
Diphtheria--------------
Typhoid Fever-1---11-3131--
Paratyphoid 'B' Fever------1-1-1---
Dysentery-2-2-12-72114--
Erysipelas------6-66----
Puerperal Pyrexia-----13-4616--
Meningococcal Infection1--1----2121--
Ophthalmia Neonatorum--------------
Pneumonia---1214234922864032
Smallpox--------------
Malaria--------------
Tuberculosis (Pulmonary)SEE TABLE-
Tuberculosis (Non-Pulmonary)
Poliomyelitis (Paralytic)------1-1-1-1-
Poliomyelitis (Non Paralytic).--------------
Acute Encephalitis (Infective)---------2-1--
do - (Post Infectious)---1----1-1---
Measles232082725371515351,0783277---
Whooping Cough-2252---1112----
Food Poisoning-113-181157-2--