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Willesden 1959
[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
| 1959 (1958 in brackets) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Notified | Confirmed | Deaths | |
| Diphtheria | -(-) | -(-) | -(-) |
| Dysentery | 140 (108) | 91 (93) | — (—) |
| Erysipelas | 7 (13) | 7 (11) | — (—) |
| Encephalitis, acute | -(1) | -(-) | — (—) |
| Food poisoning | 40 (68) | 24 (38) | — (—) |
| Malaria | — (—) | -(-) | — (—) |
| Measles | 822 (1,939) | 821 (1,939) | — (—) |
| Meningococcal infection | 2 (4) | 2 (4) | — (—) |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | -(1) | - (1) | — (—) |
| Paratyphoid fever | -(-) | (-) | — (—) |
| Pneumonia | 96 (98) | 92 (97) | 109 (80) |
| Poliomyelitis and polioencephalitis | 9 (7) | 5 (4) | 1 (—) |
| Puerperal pyrexia | 161 (120) | 161 (120) | — (—) |
| Scarlet fever | 143 (124) | 142 (122) | — (—) |
| Smallpox | - (-) | (-) | — (—) |
| Typhoid fever | 1 (-) | 1 (-) | — (—) |
| Whooping cough | 194 (71) | 191 (70) | -(-) |
Table 14
Whooping Cough Cases : Willesden and England and Wales
| Year | Cases confirmed | Case rate per 1,000 population | Children vaccinated in Willesden | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willesden | England & Wales | Willesden | England & Wales | ||
| 1948 | 423 | 146,410 | 2.35 | 3.42 | - |
| 1949 | 205 | 102,816 | 113 | 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 | 105,912 | 1.66 | 2.39 | 1,198 |
| 1955 | 171 | 79,133 | .97 | 1.80 | 1,020 |
| 1956 | 226 | 92,410 | 1.21 | 2.06 | 1,814 |
| 1957 | 287 | 85,018 | 1.59 | 1.89 | 3,073 |
| 1958 | 70 | 33,404 | .40 | .74 | 1,849 |
| 1959 | 191 | 33,208 | 1.10 | .73 | 1,978 |
Table 15 Poliomyelitis
| 0—15 years | 15 years and over | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notified | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| Confirmed | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Non-paralytic | — | 1 | 1 |
| Paralytic | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Fatal | - | 1 | 1 |