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Ruislip-Northwood 1962
[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 1962 and gives comparisons with the previous year.
PREVALENCE OP AND CONTROL OVER INFECTIOUS DISEASE
Classified List of Infectious Diseases Notified
| AGES OF CASES NOTIFIED | Total | 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 unknown | |||||||
| 1962 | 1961 | 1962 | 1961 | 1962 | 1961 | |||||||||
| Scarlet Fever | _ | 6 | 13 | 31 | 1 | 4 | - | - | 55 | 45 | 1. | - | - | - |
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Typhoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | ~ | - | |
| Paratyphoid 'B' Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Dysentery | 1 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 33 | - | 5 | - | - | - |
| Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - |
| Meningococcal Infection | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pneumonia | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 19 | - | 22 | 37 | 2 | 11 | 45 | 38 |
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Malaria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tuberculosis (Pulmonary) Tuberculosis (Non-Pulmonary) ) Poliomyelitis (Paralytic) | SEE TABLE | |||||||||||||
| - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | |
| Poliomyelitis (Non-Paralytic) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Acute Encephalitis (Infective) | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| - do - (Post Infectious) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Measles | 2 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 2 | - | 46 | 1, 320 | - | 10 | - | - |
| Whooping Cough | 2 | - | 3 | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | 8 | 16 | - | - | - | - |
| Food Poisoning | - | - | - | - , | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 6 | - | 2 | - | - |