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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Ruislip-Northwood 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ruislip]
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INFECTIOUS DISEASES
The following table shews the incidence of infectious
diseases during 195f and gives comparisons with the previous
year.
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PREVALENCE OF AND CONTROL OVER INFECTIOUS DISEASE Classified List of Infectious Diseases Notified
| DISEASE | AGES OF CASES NOTIFIED 1 | TOTAI 1956 | TOTAL | Total Cases Admitted to Hospital | DEATHS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under one year | 1 to 2 | 3 to 4 | 5 to 9 | 10 to 14 | 15 to 24 | 25 and over | Age un-knowr | |||||||
| 1955 | 1956 | 1955 | 1956 | 1955 | ||||||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 2 | 5 | 32 | 6 | 2 | - | - | 47 | 41 | - | - | - | - | |
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Typhoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Paratyphoid 'B' Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dysentery | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | 5 | 6 | - | 3 | - | - |
| Erysipelas | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | - | 11 | 15 | - | 1 | - | - |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | - | 1 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 4 | - | - |
| Meningococcal Infection | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | 2 | - | - |
| Pneumonia | 3 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 29 | 1 | 37 | 30 | 10 | 8 | 29 | 24 |
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Malaria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tuberculosis (Pulmonary) | SEE TABLE | |||||||||||||
| Tuberculosis (Non-Pulmonary) | ||||||||||||||
| Poliomyelitis (Paralytic) | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | - | - |
| Poliomyelitis (Non-Paralytic) | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5 | - | - |
| Acute Encephalitis (Infective) | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | - | - |
| do, (Post Infectious) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Measles | 15 | 49 | 58 | 137 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 273 | 1344 | 2 | 9 | - | - |
| Whooping Cough | 11 | 3 | 9 | 25 | 1 | - | - | - | 49 | 91 | - | - | ||
| Food Poisoning | - | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | - | 17 | 13 | 7 | 1 | - | - |