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Ruislip-Northwood 1953

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ruislip]

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INFECTIOUS DISEASES
The following table shows the incidence of infectious diseases
during 1953 and gives comparisons with the previous year.

Table: PREVALENCE OF AND CONTROL OVER INFECTIOUS DISEASEClassified List of Infectious Diseases Notified

PREVALENCE OF AND CONTROL OVER INFECTIOUS DISEASEClassified List of Infectious Diseases Notified

DiseaseAges of Cases NotifiedTotal 1953Total 1952Total Cases Admitted to HospitalDeaths
Under one year1 to 23 to 45 to 910 to 1415 to 2425 and overAge unknown
1953195219531952
Scarlet Fever-3956713-79136-6--
Diphtheria------—-------
Typhoid Fever---------_----
Paratyphoid 'B' Fever------—-------
Dysentery--1---4-521---
Erysipelas-----228-30261---
Puerperal Pyrexia-----1629464--
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis---------3-2-1
Ophthalmia Neonatorum1-------1-----
Pneumonia37121641487-1439120123527
Smallpox--------------
Malaria---------3.---
Tuberculosis (Pulmonary)SEE TABLE
Tuberculosis (Non-Pulmonary)
Poliomyelitis (Paralytic)-1-12-3-71371356
do. (Non-Paralytic)--12-2--5737--
Acute Encephalitis (Infective)---------1-1--
do. (Post Infectious)--------------
Measles1117426252941151541,05162123-1
Whooping Cough3581133249626-5126341--
Food Poisoning---1--122-1--