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case on the school return is found to be unnotified, investigations are
made in order to find out if the patient is receiving medical attention.
The school notices also give information of the prevalence of
non-notifiable infectious disease, such as chicken-pox, mumps, etc.
The numbers were as follows:—
Chicken pox 172
Mumps 163
Ringworm -
Rubella 90
Influenza 30
Glandular fever 6
Cancer
The number of deaths from cancer registered during the year
rose slightly to 147, of which 83 were males and 64 females. This
compares with 142 in 1962.
The trend for England and Wales is continuing upwards.
The site distribution for 1963 was as follows:—
Stomach 20 cases
Respiratory organs 44 „
Breast 16 „
Genito-urinary organs 4 „
Other sites 63 „
Total 147