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 | 1 | _ | |
Erysipelas | 6 | 2 | — |
Scarlet Fever | 8 | 4 | — |
Pneumonia | 8 | 2 | — |
Measles | 473 | 10 | — |
Whooping Cough | 21 | 3 | — |
Food Poisoning | 3 | - | — |
Dysentery | 73 | - | — |
Typhoid | 3 | - | - |
596 | 21 | Nil |
TABLE 9. FOOD POISONING.
Total number of outbreaks | Nil |
Number of cases notified | 3 |
Number of deaths | Nil |
TABLE 10. DIPHTHERIA IMMUNISATION.
Number of children immunised for the first time during the year 1963 : —
(a) Pre-school children (under 5 years) | 521 |
(b) Between 5 and 15 years | 14 |
535 | |
Number of children given re-inforcing doses during 1963 | 811 |
Total number of children immunised during last five years: — | |
(a) Under 5 years | 2,764 |
(b) Between 5 and 15 years | 3,329 |