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Fulham 1961
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham Borough]
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NOTIFICATIONS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE, 1961
| -1 | 1-2 | 3-4 | 5-9 | 10-14 | 15-24 | 25-44 | 45-64 | 6 5- | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | - | 1 | 3 | 10 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 16 |
| Whooping Cough | 1 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 24 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis: Paralytic | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 3 |
| Non-Paralytic | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Measles | 47 | 372 | 413 | 488 | 27 | 12 | 9 | - | - | 1,368 |
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Acute Pneumonia | - | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 7 | 16 |
| Dysentery | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | 6 |
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Acute Encephalitis Infective | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Acute Encephalitis Post Infectious | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Typhoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Paratyphoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| Meningococcal Infection | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 |
| Food Poisoning | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | - | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | 20 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 6 | - | - | 12 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Malaria | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Scabies | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | 3 |
| Tuberculosis, Pulmonary | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 12 | 15 | 22 | 9 | 62 |
| Tuberculosis, Non-Pulmonary | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 2 | - | 6 |
| Totals | 55 | 387 | 429 | 516 | 31 | 40 | 37 | 36 | 17 | 1,548 |
The incidence of infectious disease, apart from the biennial increase in
measles, was low.
There were 1,548 notifications - an increase of 1,051 over 1960.
Pour cases of poliomyelitis were notified. Three paralytic cases were Fulham
residents; one non-paralytic case was a non-resident.
Whooping Cough continues to be a relatively unimportant disease - the nation-wide
vaccination against this disease having effectively reduced the liability to this very
distressing and damaging complaint of infants and young children.
TUBERCULOSIS
(Return for Year ending 31st December, 1961)
The tuberculosis death rate has remained at the same low level as last year, being
3.5 again. There has been a steady decline in the incidence and mortality of this
disease since the end of the war, largely due to the introduction at that time of drugs
which are effective against the tubercle bacillus. The dramatic improvement is shown
by the fact that, in 1951, the tuberculosis death rate per 100,000 population was 40.0
The notification rate for tuberculosis in 1961 was 60.9 compared with 73.5 in 1960.
Ten years ago. in 1951, the rate was 160.1.