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a medical officer of health for a borough requests in writing a person to
discontinue his employment the borough council may if they think fit compensate
such person for any loss occasioned by his compliance with the request".
The following cases of infectious and contagious diseases were notified:-
Dysentery 168 Poliomyelitis, Paralytic 6
Encephalitis (post infectious) 1 Poliomyelitis, Non-paralytic 2
Erysipelas 14 Puerperal Pyrexia 140
Measles 1,592 Scabies 38
Meningococcal infection 8 Scarlet Fever 166
Ophthalmia Neonatorum 24 Tuberculosis 112
Paratyphoid Fever 1 Whooping Cough 36
Pneumonia 52
(Acute Primary 29
Acute Influenzal 23)
The FIFTEEN DEATHS associated with notified cases of infectious disease
were:-
Meningococcal infection (Female, aged 7 years) 1
Pneumonia (Males aged 52 years, 81 years and 88 years) 3
(Females aged 40 years, 67 years (two cases),
71 years (2 cases), 74 years, 77 years and
80 years) 8
Poliomyelitis, Paralytic (Male 21 years, Females 29
and 39 years) 3
Total 15
DIPHTHERIA, For the sixth successive year no case of Diphtheria was
notified, and since 1951 only one case has occurred in this Borough.
Seven suspected cases were admitted to hospital, where the ultimate
diagnosis proved to be:-
Tonsillitis - 4 cases
Glandular fever - 1 case
Haemolytic streptococci - 1 case
Diphtheria Carrier state - 1 case.
In England and Wales 103 cases were notified, but no death occurred from
the disease.
The following table sets out the position relating to Diphtheria
notifications and deaths in England and Wales for the past twelve years:-
Year
Deaths
Corrected
notifications
1948
156
3,575
1949
84
1,890
1950
49
962
1951
33
664
1952
32
376
1953
23
266
1954
9
176
1955
13
155
1956
8
53
1957
6
37
1958
8
79
1959
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103