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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(Civilians only).
Diseases. | Total Cases Notified. | Cases Admitted to Hospitals. | Total Deaths. |
---|---|---|---|
Scarlet Fever | 25 | 15 | - |
Pueperal Pyrexia | - | - | - |
Pneumonia | 13 | - | 1 |
Erysipelas | 8 | 5 | - |
Measles | 85 | - | - |
Whooping Cough | 26 | 1 | - |
Poliomyelitis Paralytic | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Poliomyelitis Non Paralytic | - | - | - |
Dysentery | 3 | - | - |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 3 | - | - |
Food Poisoning | 5 | - | - |
Typhoid | - | - | - |
Paratyphoid | - | - | - |
Encephalitis | - | - | - |
Meningoccocal Infection | 1 | 1 | — |
Total | 171 | 24 | 2 |
FOOD POISONING.
Total number of outbreaks 1
Number of cases notified 5
Number of deaths Nil
DIPHTHERIA IMMUNISATION.
Number of children immunised for the first time during the
year 1956:—
(a) Pre-School children (under 5 years) 555
(b) Between 5 and 15 years 38
593
Grand Total of Children in the Borough who have received
immunising treatment by the end of the year:—
(a) Under 5 years 2020
(b) Between 5 and 15 years 4867
Number of children given re-inforcing doses during
1956 800