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INCIDENCE OF SCARLET FEVER 1948-1959
] ]Year
Total cases
Cases notified in age groups
Admitted to
Hospital
Deaths
Under 1
year
1-2
2-3
3-4
4-5
5-10
10-15
15-20
20-35
35-45
45-65
65 and
upwards
1948
259
1
9
23
28
38
119
30
3
7
1
-
-
99
-
1949
267
-
10
25
29
29
145
21
4
1
2
-
1
107
-
1950
274
-
4
16
26
43
144
32
5
3
-
-
1
141
-
1951
316
-
2
12
29
48
183
29
8
5
-
-
-
137
-
1952
392
-
4
23
20
45
257
32
4
7
-
-
-
125
-
1953
291
1
4
19
25
40
181
15
2
4
-
-
-
99
-
1954
130
-
3
7
12
9
83
11
2
2
1
-
-
49
-
1955
81
-
3
4
7
6
47
9
2
2
1
-
-
26
-
1956
130
1
2
5
13
30
71
6
1
1
-
-
-
37
-
1957
90
1
4
6
14
9
43
11
2
-
-
-
-
31
1
1958
179
-
2
10
16
11
116
23
1
-
-
-
29
-
1959
166
-
2
11
14
19
81
34
3
2
-
-
-
29
-
SMALLPOX. No case of smallpox occurred in the Borough during the year
WHOOPING COUGH. The number of cases notified was 36 as compared with 79
in 1958 and 179 in 1957.
PUBLIC HEALTH BACTERIOLOGY Some 1,563 specimens were submitted for
examination to the Public Health Laboratory, and were reported on as follows:-
Specimens
Number
Organisms
Results
Negative
Positive
Throat and Nose Swabs
195
Diphtheria Bacilli
158
1
Haemolytic Streptococci
83
41
Vincent's Angina
114
2
Staphylococcus Aureus
-
2
Faeces and Rectal Swabs
1,348
Pathogens
1,061
-
Salmonella Anatum
-
3
Salmonella Bredeney
-
1
Salmonella Enteriditis
-
1
Salmonella Meleagridis
-
1
Salmonella Munchen
-
7
Salmonella Newport
-
10
Salmonella Paratyphi B
-
1
Salmonella Thompson
-
1
Salmonella Typhimurium
-
50
Shigella Sonnei
-
211
Staphylococcus Aureus
-
1
Urine
18
Pathogens
17
-
Salmonella Typhimurium
-
1
Sputum
2
Pathogens
2
-
In addition to the above, 20 samples of food were submitted for
bacteriological investigation in connection with cases of food poisoning
and food complaints,