[Report 1953] / Medical Officer of Health, Nelson Borough.

  • Nelson (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1953
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Credit: [Report 1953] / Medical Officer of Health, Nelson Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    COMPARISON OF FIGURES FOR 1952 WITH THOSE OF THE PREVIOUS YEAR. C.J* - gaWHM BBaMMlMaBBa*—HHMMW—MW—MHMMWB—HMHMM 11 T—i Notifiable disease Cases Notified 1953 | 1952 Cases removed to Hospital 1953 ] 1952 Deaths 1953 | 1952 Scarlet Fever . 65 88 18 44 — — Enteric or typhoid fever . — 1 _ 1 — — Measles. 576 118 5 2 — —- Whooping Cough . 144 76 3 2 — —• Pneumonia . 26 33 — — 9 10 Puerperal pyrexia . — — — — — _ Meningococcal infection . 1 — 1 — — — Acute poliomyelitis-paralytic... 3 4 3 4 — — non-paralytic 1 1 — — — Dysentery. — 1 — 1 — — Erysipelas. 6 1 3 1 — — Malaria. 1 — — — — — Food Poisoning . 11 8 2 2 — Totals . 1 834 330 36 57 9 10 INFECTIOUS DISEASES NOTIFICATIONS (EXCLUDING TUBERCULOSIS). Comparison of 1952 Figures with Figures for previous 5 Years and Average. Notifiable disease 1948 Notil 1949 ications during: 1950 receiv 1951 ed 1952 Total for 5 yrs. Average number per yr. Notifi¬ cations 1953 Smallpox . Scarlet Fever . 69 47 52 61 88 317 63-4 65 Diphtheria . 1 — — — — 1 0-2 — Enteric or typhoid fever ... — — — — 1 1 0-2 — Paratyphoid. —- — — — — — — — Measles. 406 79 577 190 118 1370 274-0 576 Whooping Cough . 113 9 247 45 76 490 98-0 144 Pneumonia . 6 21 10 36 33 106 21-2 26 Puerperal pyrexia . 3 2 1 2 — 8 1-6 — Meningococcal infection. Acute poliomyelitis 1 ' 1 — 2 0-4 1 Paralvtic . — 1 — 2 4 7 1-4 3 Non-paralytic . Acute Encephalitis — — — — — — 1 Infective . 1 — — — — 1 0-2 — Post Infectious. — — — — — — — — Dysentery. 4 — 2 18 1 25 5-0 — Ophthalmia Neonatorum ... 2 1 1 — — 4 0-8 — Erysipelas. 4 5 2 — 1 12 2-4 6 Malaria. — — — — — — — 1 Food Poisoning* . — — — 13 3 21 4-2 11 Totals . 610 165 892 368 330 i 2365 473-0 834 *Notifiable from 1951,