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Willesden 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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PREVALENCE AND CONTROL OF INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES
Table 13 Infectious diseases
| 1957 (1956 in brackets) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Notified | Confirmed | Deaths | ||||
| Diphtheria | 1 | (-) | – | (-) | – | (–) |
| Dysentery | 22 | (314) | 13 | (223) | — | (–) |
| Erysipelas | 21 | (25) | 20 | (25) | — | (–) |
| Encephalitis, acute | 2 | (1) | 1 | (1) | — | (1) |
| Food poisoning | 67 | (36) | 20 | (15) | 1 | (–) |
| Malaria, | — | (1) | — | (1) | — | (–) |
| Measles | 1.542 | (1,184) | 1,541 | (1.180) | — | (–) |
| Meningococcal infection | 5 | (4) | 4 | (4) | – | (–) |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | — | (2) | — | (2) | — | (–) |
| Paratyphoid fever | — | (-) | — | (-) | — | (–) |
| Pneumonia | 99 | (110) | 98 | (107) | 83 | (79) |
| Poliomyelitis and polioencephalitis | 35 | (21) | 22 | (14) | 2 | (–) |
| Puerperal pyrexia | 142 | (133) | 142 | (133) | – | (–) |
| Scarlet fever | 71 | (115) | 67 | (108) | – | (–) |
| Smallpox | — | (-) | – | (-) | – | (–) |
| Typhoid fever | — | (-) | — | (-) | – | (–) |
| Whooping cough | 289 | (226) | 287 | (226) | 1 | (–) |
Table 14
Whooping Cough Cases and Deaths: Willesden and England and Wales
| Cases confirmed | Case rate per 1,000 population | Children vaccinated in Willesden | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Willesden | England & Wales | Willesden | England & Wales | |
| 1948 | 423 | 146,410 | 2.35 | 3.42 | – |
| 1949 | 205 | 102.816 | 1.13 | 2.39 | 1,615 |
| 1950 | 648 | 157,781 | 3.57 | 3.60 | 822 |
| 1951 | 543 | 169,441 | 3.02 | 3.87 | 1,163 |
| 1952 | 328 | 114,869 | 1.82 | 2.61 | 946 |
| 1953 | 450 | 157,842 | 2.52 | 3.58 | 1,333 |
| 1954 | 295 | 105,901 | 1.66 | 2.39 | 1,198 |
| 1955 | 171 | 79,092 | .97 | 1.80 | 1,020 |
| 1956 | 226 | 92,396 | 1.21 | 2.06 | 1,814 |
| 1957 | 287 | 85,004 | 1.59 | 1.89 | 3,073 |
Table 15 Poliomyelitis
| 0—15 years | 15 years and over | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notified | 27 | 8 | 35 |
| Confirmed | 17 | 5 | 22 |
| Non-paralytic | 4 | — | 4 |
| Paralytic | 13 | 5 | 18 |
| Fatal | 2 | – | 2 |