[Report 1959] / Medical Officer of Health, Keighley Borough.

  • Keighley (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1959
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Credit: [Report 1959] / Medical Officer of Health, Keighley Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    NOTIFICATION OF INFECTIOUS AND OTHER NOTIFIABLE DISEASES The following diseases are notifiable in this area. Cholera, Diphtheria, Dysentery, Encaphalitis (Acute), Enteric (Typhoid or Paratyphoid) Fever, Erysipelas, Malaria, Measles, Membranous Croup, Meningococcal Infection, Ophthalmia Neon¬ atorum, Plague, Pneumonia (Acute Primary and Acute Influenzal), Poliomyelitis (Acute), Puerperal Pyrexia, Food Poisoning (or Suspected Food Poisoning), Relapsing Fever, Scarlet Fever, Smallpox, Tuberculosis, Typhus and Whooping Cough. The number and age distribution of eases of infectious diseases notified during the year is shown in the appendix. The number of notifications of infectious diseases received and subsequently corrected during the years 1955 to 1 959 inclusive are shown in the following table. Number of corrected notifications Cholera . Diphtheria . Dysentery . Encephalitis (Acute) . Erysipelas . Malaria . Measles . Membranous Croup . Meningococcal Infection. Ophthalmia Neonatorum Plague . Pneumonia (Acute Primary and Acute Influenzal) . Poliomyelitis (Acute) . Puerpera Pyrexia. Food Poisoning (or Suspected Food Poisoning). Relapsing Fever . Scarlet Fever . Smallpox . . . Tuberculosis . Typhus . Whooping Cough . 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 — — — — — — — — — — 14 75 91 13 9 1 — 1 1 — 3 2 5 6 6 — — — — — 1207 23 504 828 75 — — — — — — 1 1 1 1 — — — — — — — — — — 35 11 35 21 19 4 — 5 2 2 — 3 2 3 3 5 — 2 1 — — — — — — 24 32 4G 28 71 — — — — — 49 40 40 22 30 13 248 37 17 7 88
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