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Willesden 1962

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]

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PREVALENCE AND CONTROL OF INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES

Table: Table 13Infectious diseases

Table 13

Infectious diseases

1962 (1961 in brackets)
NotifiedConfirmed
Diphtheria- (—)- (-)
Dysentery112 (29)109 (25)
Erysipelas8 (22)8 (21)
Encephalitis, acute2 (-)2 (-)
Food poisoning22 (35)21 (28)
Malaria5 (2)5 (2)
Measles520 (3,187)520 (3,182)
Meningococcal infection4 (4)4 (3)
Ophthalmia neonatorum4 (3)4 (2)
Paratyphoid fever- (-)- (-)
Pneumonia40 (71)39 (70)
Poliomyelitis and polioencephalitis5 (-)5 (-)
Puerperal pyrexia157 (158)157 (158)
Scarlet fever65 (68)62 (66)
Smallpox- (-)- (-)
Typhoid fever2 (7)2 (4)
Whooping cough37 (92)37 (92)

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

Table 14

Whooping Cough Cases : 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
19587033,404.40.741,849
195919133,2521.10.731,978
196028758,0291.661.272,798
19619224,436.54.532,694
1962378,343.22.183,057