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Ruislip-Northwood 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ruislip]
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INFECTIOUS DISEASES
| Disease | Total No. of cases notified | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | 1952 | ||
| Scarlet Fever | 75 | 136 | |
| Paratyphoid | 3 | — | |
| Poliomyelitis | Paralytic | 1 | 13 |
| Non-Paralytic | 6 | 7 | |
| Encephalitis—Infective | — | 1 | |
| Dysentery | 5 | 2 | |
| Erysipelas | 15 | 26 | |
| Pneumonia | 96 | 91 | |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 14 | 4 | |
| Tuberculosis Pulmonary | 60 | 52 | |
| Tuberculosis Non-Pulmonary | 6 | 5 | |
| Malaria | 1 | 3 | |
| Food Poisoning | 3 | 2 | |
| Meningococcal Infection | — | 3 | |
| Measles | 1,650 | 621 | |
| Whooping Cough | 249 | 63 | |
| Totals | 2,184 | 1,029 | |
TUBERCULOSIS
The number of new pulmonary and non-pulmonary cases
notified during 1952 was 52 and 5 respectively ; these figures show
decreases of 8 and 1 in comparison with 1951. Inward transfers
decreased from 36 to 23 and the outward transfers increased from
29 to 49. The total number of cases in the district is 556 a percentage
of .78 of the population, which shows a slight decrease .over
the 1951 figure of .822.
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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