[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Richmond upon Thames] page 10

Richmond upon Thames 1965

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Richmond upon Thames]

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Table: INFECTIOUS DISEASEThe pattern of incidence of notifiable diseases followed the experience of previous years. For ease of comparison over the year the figures have been extracted from the various areas which now comprise the new borough and are given below:

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INFECTIOUS DISEASE

The pattern of incidence of notifiable diseases followed the experience of previous years. For ease of comparison over the year the figures have been extracted from the various areas which now comprise the new borough and are given below:

Disease.	1965	1964
Scarlet Fever	69	45
Acute Pneumonia	47	19
Whooping Cough	10	58
Measles	1992	234
Puerperal Pyrexia	3	4
Dysentery	17	4
Erysipelas	9	7
Food Poisoning	6	8

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Scarlet Fever.
Sixty-nine cases were notified; a fairly substantial rise compared with previous
years.
1962 45
1963 43
1964 45
1965 69
Whooping Cough.
There was a marked reduction in the number of cases notified :
1962 4
1963 69
1964 58
1965 10

Table: Measles.This was a "measles" year. There were 1992 cases notified :

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Measles.

This was a "measles" year. There were 1992 cases notified :

1959	1957	1963	1885
1960	57	1964	234
1961	2422	1965	1992
1962	112

Table: As in the past the highest incidence of the disease occurred during the first quarter of the year reducing to the end of the year. The distribution of cases during each quarter of the year is shown below:

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As in the past the highest incidence of the disease occurred during the first quarter of the year reducing to the end of the year. The distribution of cases during each quarter of the year is shown below:

	M.	F.	Total
1st January— 31st March	650	600	1250
1st April—30th June	271	282	553
1st July — 30th September	60	59	119
1st October—31st December	29	41	70
Total	1010	982	1992

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Richmond upon Thames 1965

Table: INFECTIOUS DISEASEThe pattern of incidence of notifiable diseases followed the experience of previous years. For ease of comparison over the year the figures have been extracted from the various areas which now comprise the new borough and are given below:

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Table: Measles.This was a "measles" year. There were 1992 cases notified :

Table: As in the past the highest incidence of the disease occurred during the first quarter of the year reducing to the end of the year. The distribution of cases during each quarter of the year is shown below: