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).
TABLE 8. NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
Diseases. | Total Cases Notified. | Cases admitted to Hospital. | Total Deaths. |
---|---|---|---|
Pueperal Pyrexia | 4 | — | — |
Erysipelas | 4 | 2 | — |
Scarlet Fever | 7 | 1 | — |
Pneumonia | 4 | — | — |
Measles | 671 | 8 | — |
Whooping Cough | 6 | — | — |
Food Poisoning | 4 | — | — |
Opthalmia-Neonatorum | 2 | — | — |
Dysentery | 2 | — | — |
704 | 11 | Nil |
TABLE 9. FOOD POISONING.
Total number of outbreaks | 2 |
Number of cases notified | 4 |
Number of deaths | Nil |
TABLE 10. DIPHTHERIA IMMUNISATION.
Number of children immunised for the first time during the year 1961:—
(a) | Pre-School children (under 5 years) | 526 |
(b) | Between 5 and 15 years | 61 |
587 | ||
Grand Total of Children in the Borough who have received immunising treatment by the end of the year:— | ||
(a) | Under 5 years | 1903 |
(b) | Between 5 and 15 years | 5125 |
Number of children given re-inforcing doses during | ||
1961 | 440 |