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Willesden 1963
[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
| 1963 (1962 in brackets) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Notified | Confirmed | |
| Diphtheria | - (-) | - (-) |
| Dysentery | 86 (112) | 72 (109) |
| Erysipelas | 15 (8) | 15 (8) |
| Encephalitis, acute | — (2) | — (2) |
| Food poisoning | 19 (22) | 17 (21) |
| Malaria | — (5) | — (5) |
| Measles | 1,948 (520) | 1,948 (520) |
| Meningococcal infection | 4 (4) | 3 (4) |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | 5 (4) | 5 (4) |
| Paratyphoid fever | - (-) | - (-) |
| Pneumonia | 52 (40) | 51 (39) |
| Poliomyelitis and polioencephalitis | 1 (5) | - (5) |
| Puerperal pyrexia | 134 (157) | 134 (157) |
| Scarlet fever | 59 (65) | 59 (62) |
| Smallpox | (-) | — (—) |
| Typhoid fever | 4 (2) | 3 (2) |
| Whooping cough | 254 (37) | 254 (37) |
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 | 182 | 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 | 33.252 | 1.10 | •73 | 1,978 |
| 1960 | 287 | 58,029 | 1.66 | 1.27 | 2,798 |
| 1961 | 92 | 24,469 | •54 | •53 | 2,694 |
| 1962 | 37 | 8,347 | •22 | •18 | 3,057 |
| 1963 | 254 | 34,733 | 1.47 | •74 | 3,349 |