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Willesden 1961
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]
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PREVALENCE AND CONTROL OF INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES
Table 13
Infectious diseases
| 1961 (1960 in brackets) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Notified | Confirmed | Deaths | ||||
| Diphtheria | - | (-) | - | (-) | - | (—) |
| Dysentery | 29 | (58) | 25 | (40) | - | (—) |
| Erysipelas | 22 | (12) | 21 | (11) | - | (—) |
| Encephalitis, acute | — | (-) | — | (-) | - | (—) |
| Food poisoning | 35 | (44) | 28 | (23) | - | (1) |
| Malaria | 2 | (-) | 2 | (—) | - | (—) |
| Measles | 3,187 | (478) | 3,182 | (476) | 1 | (—) |
| Meningococcal infection | 4 | (1) | 3 | (-) | - | (—) |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | 3 | (1) | 2 | (1) | - | (—) |
| Paratyphoid fever | — | (-) | — | (-) | - | (—) |
| Pneumonia | 71 | (68) | 70 | (65) | - | (65) |
| Poliomyelitis and polioencephalitis | - | (3) | _ | (3) | - | (—) |
| Puerperal pyrexia | 158 | (166) | 158 | (166) | - | (—) |
| Scarlet fever | 68 | (86) | 66 | (82) | - | (—) |
| Smallpox | — | (-) | — | (-) | - | (—) |
| Tvphoid fever | 7 | (-) | 4 | (—) | - | (—) |
| Whooping cough | 92 | (289) | 92 | (287) | - | (—) |
Table 14
Whooping Cough Cases : Willesden and England and Wales
| Year | Cases confirmed | Case rate per 1,000 population | Children vaccinated in Willesden | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willesden | England & Wales | Willesden | England & Wales | ||
| 1948 | 423 | 146,410 | 2.35 | 3.42 | . |
| 1949 | 205 | 102,816 | 1.13 | 2.39 | 1,615 |
| 1950 | 648 | 157,781 | 3.57 | 3.60 | 822 |
| 1951 | 543 | 169,441 | 3.02 | 3.87 | 1,163 |
| 1952 | 328 | 114,869 | 1.82 | 2.61 | 946 |
| 1953 | 450 | 157,842 | 2.52 | 3.58 | 1,333 |
| 1954 | 295 | 105,912 | 1.66 | 2.39 | 1,198 |
| 1955 | 171 | 79,133 | .97 | 1.80 | 1,020 |
| 1956 | 226 | 92,410 | 1.21 | 2.06 | 1,814 |
| 1957 | 287 | 85,018 | 1.59 | 1.89 | 3,073 |
| 1958 | 70 | 33,404 | .40 | .74 | 1,849 |
| 1959 | 191 | 33,208 | 1.10 | .73 | 1,978 |
| 1960 | 287 | 58,029 | 1.66 | 1.27 | 2,798 |
| 1961 | 92 | 24,667 | .54 | .53 | 2,694 |