[Report 1962] / Medical Officer of Health, Slough Borough.

  • Slough Borough Council
Date:
1962
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Credit: [Report 1962] / Medical Officer of Health, Slough Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    INFECTIOUS DISEASES MEASLES 1961 gave the largest number of measles cases ever ported in this town, and so it is not surprising that 1962 awed relatively few. It is, however, perhaps interesting to 3k back over the past few years and see that the true biennial lidence of measles seems to have disappeared, and that the ;er-epidemic years have often produced some 200 cases or more. 5 reason for this is not entirely clear, but may I think be ;o considerable movements of population, and the consequent ig of immune and non-inmume children. The main incidence in was during the early part of the year, and one might have !ted that the increase in the number of cases from July, >t, September and October 1962 would have followed on with .1 scale epidemic. This did occur but the months of iber and Dec«nber 1962 had strangely enough, very few cases, t was not until the early months of 1963 that the outbreak y got under way. POOD POISONING Three cases of food poisoning were notified during the but, on investigation, none was confirmed. SCARLET FEVER Only seven cases of scarlet fever were notified during Hat this disease has undergone a remarkable change during •ast few years cannot be gainsaid and many of those now ted are nothing more than feverish illnesses with, perhaps, a mild transitory rash which may be missed. It seems ble that modern antibiotic treatment has virtually nated the more virulent of the haemolytic streptococci, his is by no means certain; we can only be thankful that a change has taken place and trust the typical scarlet , which not many years ago was very much to be feared, will etum once again. PUERPERAL PYREXIA 1961 gave the lowest number of cases of puerperal pyrexia recorded and the 1962 figures are only 2 above this. A total cases occurred during the year; they were fairly evenly d during the spring and autumn months and no localised eak was reported. POLI(»IYELITIS Two cases were notified during the year, but only one of was confirmed; this was of a small boy aged 5 years in the paralysis was relatively slight. He had received only
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