[Report 1968] / Medical Officer of Health, Taunton R.D.C.

  • Taunton (England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1968
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Credit: [Report 1968] / Medical Officer of Health, Taunton R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PREVALENCE AND CONTROL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES Acute Infectious Diseases The following table gives the number of notifications received for various notifiable diseases. INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 1968 Disease Number of cases notified Measles 231 Scarlet Fever 5 Dysentery 23 Whooping Cough. 9 Acute Primary Pneumonia 2 Lobar Pneumonia 2 Infective Jaundice 22 Puerperal Pyrexia 1 Food Poisoning . ... 3 Tuberculosis Pulmonary Non-pulmonary Cases on the Register at 31.12.68 39 11 New cases during 1968 . — 1 Transfers from other districts ... — — Deaths 1 — Immunisation Immunisation has been of striking benefit in lowering the incidence of various infectious diseases and in preventing deaths from these conditions. The work is going on steadily in Taunton Rural District as in other areas of the County, but at present the mechanics of recording each child's immunisation and of preparing notices for parents as each procedure falls due for the individual child is being transferred to the County Council Computer. Children are grouped according to the particular medical pe¬ titioner on whose list they are, and the various medical practices are being brought into the scheme over a period of time. During the transition, figures are no longer available for estimating the
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