[Report 1969] / Medical Officer of Health, East Retford.

  • East Retford (England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1969
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Credit: [Report 1969] / Medical Officer of Health, East Retford. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PREVALENCE & CONTROL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES The following diseases are notifiable to the Medical Officer of Health: Acute Encephalitis Acute Meningitis Acute Poliomyelitis Anthrax Cholera Diphtheria Dysentery Food Poisoning or suspected Food Poisoning Infective Jaundice Leprosy Leptospirosis Malaria Measles Ophthalmia Neonatorum Paratyphoid Fever Plague Relapsing Fever Scarlet Fever Smallpox Tetanus Tuberculosis Typhoid Fever Typhus Whooping Cough Yellow Fever The number of Infectious Diseases (excluding Tuberculosis) noti- fied during 1969 was 24. Details of these are as follows: Diseases No. of Cases Dysentery . . . . . . 5 Infective Jaundice . Measles Salmonella Infection Scarlet Fever 4 5 2 8 Tables showing various details about infectious diseases during 1969 are given on pages 9 and 10. Tuberculosis Three cases of T uberculosis were notified during the year, two of which were cases which had not been notified previously in any other area, and one was a transfer from another area. A table giving details of new cases and deaths from Tuberculosis is given on page 14. Laboratory Facilities Bacteriological examinations were carried out by the Public Health Laboratories at Lincoln and Sheffield. 42 medical specimens and 216 food and water samples were submitted for examination.
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