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Willesden 1958

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]

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Table: PREVALENCE AND CONTROL OF INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASESTable 13Infectious diseases

PREVALENCE AND CONTROL OF INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES

Table 13

Infectious diseases

1958 (1957 in brackets)
NotifiedConfirmedDeaths
Diphtheria-(1)-(-)-(-)
Dysentery108(22)93(13)-(—)
Erysipelas13(21)11(20)-(—)
Encephalitis, acute1(2)—(1)-(—)
Food poisoning68(67)38(20)-(1)
Malaria—(-)-(—)-(—)
Measles1,939(1,542)1,939(1,541)-(—)
Meningococcal infection4(5)4(4)-(—)
Ophthalmia neonatorum1(-)1(-)-(—)
Paratyphoid fever—(-)—(-)-(—)
Pneumonia98(99)97(98)80(83)
Poliomyelitis and polio--
encephalitis7(35)4(22)—(2)
Puerperal pyrexia120(142)120(142)—(—)
Scarlet fever124(71)122(67)—(—)
Smallpox—(-)—(-)—(—)
Typhoid fever—(-)—(-)—(—)
Whooping cough71(289)70(287)—(1)

Table: Table 14Whooping Cough Cases and Deaths: Willesden and England and Wales

Table 14

Whooping Cough Cases and Deaths: Willesden and England and Wales

YearCases confirmedCase rate per 1,000 populationChildren vaccinated in Willesden
WillesdenEngland & WalesWillesdenEngland & Wales
1948423146,4102.353.42__
1949205102,8161.132.391,615
1950648157,7813.573.60822
1951543169,4413.023.871,163
1952328114,8691.822.61946
1953450157,8422.523.581,333
1954295105,9121.662.391,198
195517179,133.971.801,020
195622692,4101.212.061,814
195728785,0181.591.893,073
19587033,395.40.741,849

Table: Table 15Poliomyelitis

Table 15

Poliomyelitis

0—15 years15 years and overTotal
Notified437
Confirmed ___314
Non-paralytic1—1
Paralytic213
Fatal---