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Ruislip-Northwood 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ruislip]
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TUBERCULOSIS
The number of new pulmonary and non-pulmonary cases
notified during 1951 was 60 and 6 respectively; these figures show
increases of 5 and 1 in comparison with 1950. Inward transfers
decreased from 48 to 36 and the outward transfers increased from
28 to 29. The total number of cases in the district is 561, a percentage
of -822 of the population, which shows a slight increase over
the 1950 figure of -781.
TUBERCULOSIS SANATORIA
Patients resident in the Urban District of Ruislip-North wood
will attend the Chest Clinic at Uxbridge. The address is: The
Chest Clinic, Local County Offices, High Street, Uxbridge.
Telephone: Uxbridge 2093.
Physician to the Chest Clinic: J. T. Nicol Roe, m.d., ch.b.,
d.p.h.
All cases are seen by appointment.
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| Disease | Total No. of cases notified | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 1951 | ||
| Scarlet Fever | 105 | 75 | |
| Paratyphoid | 5 | 3 | |
| Poliomyelitis | Paralytic | 4 | 1 |
| Non-Paralytic | 1 | 6 | |
| Dysentery | 6 | 5 | |
| Erysipelas | 24 | 15 | |
| Pneumonia | 92 | 96 | |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 1 | 14 | |
| Tuberculosis Pulmonary | 55 | 60 | |
| Tuberculosis Non-Pulmonary | 5 | 6 | |
| Malaria | 1 | 1 | |
| Food Poisoning | 1 | 3 | |
| Meningococcal Infection | 1 | — | |
| Measles | 234 | 1,650 | |
| Whooping Cough | 410 | 249 | |
| Totals | 945 | 2,184 | |