[Report 1957] / Medical Officer of Health, Blaby R.D.C.
- Blaby (England). Rural District Council.
- Date:
- 1957
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1957] / Medical Officer of Health, Blaby R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![INFECTIOUS DISEASES Infectious Piseases (other than Tuberculosis) Average per Year in Triennial Periods 1934 1936 1937 1939 1940j1943| 1942!1945 1946|1949! 1948!19511 1952 1 1954 ■ 1955 1 195 j Sma11pox . ■ ! ■ \ - 1 1 - 1 ! 1 ^ - 1 - i 1 Scarlet Fever 142 44 90 1 97 70 44 1 1 1 34 1 1 15 ' Whooping Cough 101 j 74 j 131 ’ ' 164 I 111 ' ^ 87 1 Diphtheria 36 27 42 1 : 13 1 1 5 i i 1 ■ ! 1 1 Measles [ ■ ! 1 ““ t i485 1 3 93 i 216 j525 1 232 1 540 1 Pneumonia | 10 j 12 24 j 20 1 27 ! 30 i 46 46 Meningococcal Infection _ 1 1 “ ] 1 i 1 1 1 i i 5 4 i >0,7 ■ t :o.7 i 1 “ i Poliomyelitis Oo 7 1 ^ jo,7 i 1 0,3 2 : 9 ! i ' |1,3 ; Dysentery - 8 1 1 ^ 3 : 36 ^ 40 j 1 50 Optha 1 mi a 1 Neonatorum 1 ioo 7 1 ^ i !o,7 jo,3 1 ' j i0„ 3 i i ! 1 ! Puerperal Pyrexia 3 3 5 1 3 2 ! ; ^0,7 ' 1 1 ' 1 j 1 3 : Enteric Fever 1 p„ 3 1 2 *Oo 3 j Food Poisoning - j - ! ■ 1 ' 10 ’ 2 I Erysipelas 12 11 j 12 13 1 1 j ^ (2,3 1 1 1 i 1 ! ! The total incidence of infectious diseases was higher this year largely due to the higher incidence oi me as 1-e s There were only four notified cases of dysentery„ This is the approximate figure we were getting in the years 1946 to 1948; in recent yearsj apart from this one 5 the incidence has been much highero For example^- 1954 77 cases 1955 33 cases 1956 115 cases Whether in Blaby RoDoCo we are going to achieve better figures in the future in the incidence of dysentery is difficult to say'o This low figure in 1957 is at least a pointer in the right directiono](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28930484_0013.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
