[Report 1961] / Medical Officer of Health, Calne Borough.

  • Calne (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1961
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Credit: [Report 1961] / Medical Officer of Health, Calne Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PREVALENCE AND CONTROL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE. 7 The following table shows the infectious diseases notified during 1961;, together with comparative statistics for preceding years since 1957. 1957 1958 1959 I960 1961 a b a b a b © b a b DISEASE Scarlet Fever 23 21 5 5 23 23 6 6 4 4 Yvhooping Cough Diphtheria 8 8 — 11 11 — — — Measles 230 230 33 33 24 24 6 6 205 205 Ac, Poliomyelitis (Paralytic) ^-ic. Poliomyelitis - (Non-Paralytic) Dysentery Ophthalmia Neonatorum Puerperal Pyrexia 19 17 - - 2 - - - - - Smallpox Paratyphoid Fever Typhoid Fever Food Poisoning 7 7 Erysipelas 1 ]_ 1 1 — — — — 3 3 Pneumonia. TCT.^L: 1 1 3 3 1 1 1 1 288 28U 40 40 64 61 13 13 a 213 Apart from, on outbreak of Measles which occurred during the first six m.onths of the year, the Borough enjoyed almost complete freedom from infectious disease. It i- gratifying to record that no case of Poliomyelitis has occurred since 1957. TUBERCULOSIS It is very gratifying to record that no new cases of tuberculosis w?ere notified during 196I, and no deaths were registered during the year due to this disease. The folloYi/ing table shows the number of cases of Tuber- culosis on the Register each year since 1953. Pulmonary Non-Pulmonary Total 1953 24 4 28 1954 25 5 30 1955 25 5 30 1956 24 5 29 1957 23 5 28 1958 24 5 29 1959 24 4 28 i960 24 5 29 1961 23 6 ^ Details in respect of cases of Tuberculosis remain on the Register until corrf'irmation is received from the County Chest Physician that they have been '’Written Off as Recovered”, Left the District” or Daceased'’, Apart fromi nev; cases occurring within the Borough, a certain proportion of Tuber- cukous Persons move in or out of the area. The Register is amended accordingly.