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Finsbury 1959

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finsbury Borough]

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58
SECTION F
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
General:
All cases notified were visited by the Infectious Diseases
Nurse/Visitor and energetic measures taken wherever indicated to
ensure adequate minimization of danger of infection to others.
The number of visits made by the Infectious Diseases Nurse/
Visitor in 1959 was 2,064.

The following table shows the incidence of notifiable diseases in 1959.

Acute PneumoniaDiphtheriaDysenteryErysipelasFood PoisoningGastro-Enteritis (under 2 yrs).MeaslesMeningococcal InfectionOphthalmia NeonatorumPoliomyelitis (Paralytic)Poliomyelitis (Non-Paralytic)Puerperal PyrexiaScabiesScarlet FeverTuberculosis (Pulmonary)TyphoidWhooping CoughTotal
65-29--13------2-1--36
45-64 yrs.171346------1-14--46
25-44 yrs.11-916-1-----1110--40
15-24 yrs.714-4------15-11-24
5-14 yrs.14317-3-2201--1-845_-6345
1-4 yrs.8512-57334--2---23--8404
Under 1 yr.2--121130-1----7--350
All Ages7550457291858511211176926117945
Acute PneumoniaDiphtheriaDysenteryErysipelasFood PoisoningGastro-Enteritis (under 2 yrs).MeaslesMeningococcal InfectionOphthalmia NeonatorumPoliomyelitis (Paralytic)Poliomyelitis (Non-Paralytic)Puerperal PyrexiaScabiesScarlet FeverTuberculosis (Pulmonary)TyphoidWhooping CoughTotal