View report page

3
Borough of Mitcham
HEALTH REPORT FOR 1963
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors.
Mr. Mayor, Ladies and Gentlemen,
I have much pleasure in submitting my annual report for the
year 1963.
The general health in the Borough has been good and there was
no special outbreak of infectious disease.
The notifications of infectious diseases were 874 compared with
271 in 1962. The increase was due, mainly, to the larger number of
measles notifications, 770 in 1963 as compared with 200 in 1962.
There were no cases of poliomyelitis. Only two have occurred
since 1957.
Whooping cough notifications were 35 as compared with 16 for
1962, which was the lowest year on record.
The figures for ordinary immunisation, mostly carried out with
the triple antigen, against diphtheria, whooping cough and tetanus,
continue at about 80 per cent. of all children up to one year of age,
a very high rate.
The tuberculosis death rate at 0.05 compares with 0.06 per
1,000 population for England and Wales. Notifications were 11
compared with 22 for the previous year. Ten years ago there were
more than 100 each year.
Dysentery was notified in 19 cases as against 8 for 1962. The
figure for this disease is very variable.
There were no cases of enteric fever.