Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Richmond]
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SECTION F—PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER, INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES.
(Civilians only).
Diseases. | Total Cases Notified. | Cases Admitted to Hospitals. | Total Deaths. |
---|---|---|---|
Scarlet Fever | 41 | 23 | - |
Pueperal Pyrexia | — | — | — |
Pneumonia | 19 | — | 26 |
Erysipelas | 2 | 2 | — |
Measles | 98 | 2 | — |
Whooping Cough | 56 | 1 | — |
Poliomyelitis Paralytic | 1 | 1 | — |
Poliomyelitis Non Paralytic | — | — | — |
Dysentery | 27 | 8 | — |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | — | — |
Food Poisoning | 2 | 2 | — |
Typhoid | 2 | 2 | — |
Paratyphoid | 1 | 1 | - |
Total | 250 | 42 | 26 |
FOOD POISONING.
Total number of outbreaks Nil
Number of cases notified 2
Number of deaths Nil
DIPHTHERIA IMMUNISATION.
Number of children immunised for the first time during the year 1954:— | |
(a) Pre-School children (under 5 years) | 691 |
(b) Between 5 and 15 years | 38 |
729 |
Grand Total of Children in the Borough who have received immunising treatment by the end of the year:-
(a) Under 5 years | 2029 |
(b) Between 5 and 15 years | 4783 |
Number of children given re-inforcing doses during 1954 | 804 |