[Report 1970] / Medical Officer of Health, Exmouth U.D.C.
- Exmouth (England). Urban District Council.
- Date:
- 1970
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1970] / Medical Officer of Health, Exmouth U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![3D In accordance with the National Policy, vaccination against G-ernan Measles was offered to all girls aged 13 and the acceptance rate was gratifyingly high, being in the region of 95^. (Although this report is in respect of the year end 31st Dececiber 1970, it is of interest to note that by May 1971, the 11 and 12 year old girls have been similarly covered for vaccination against Rubella) , TABULAR STATEIffiNT OP INFECTIOUS DISEilSES. The incidence of the various notifiable diseases during 1970 is tabulated below; - 1 Disease Cases Notified Cases admitted to hospital i Meningitis 1 1 Infective Jaundice 6 Measles 27 - Tuberculosis 3 2 ' Whooping Cough ] 1 - The following table shows the incidence of notifiable infcetious diseases which have occurred during the last ten years, excluding Tuberculosis 1961 1962 1963' 1964 '1965 1966”! 1967 ' 1968 1969 ■ 1970 1 Measles 132 ■ 3if 1— 561 . . 32 439 39 84 328 13 27 i \ Whooping Cough, •i5 1 3 6 •• 3 1 4 18 1 Scarlet Fever. 2 2 . . 4 1 14 ;o Puerperal pyrexia 1 2 3 — £ . 1 “ i Dysentery 372 43 2 - 24 2 8 59 /I Pneumonia 5 - 9 4 8 7 2 4 ❖ « 1 Erysipelas 3 2 1 4 5 - 1 - =:e * ! j Oyphoid Fever. t 1 1 1 Infective Jaundice 1 i 1 1 1 6 • Meningitis i / ■ 2 1 * '• These diseases are no longer notifiable • The following table shows the incidence of notifiable infectious diseases grouped according to age;- j Under 1 yr. 1+ 2+i3+ 4+ 5+ 10+ — 15f 25+ 35+ 'f 45+ 55+ 65+ Total Infective 1 Jaundice •• 1 1 1 - 3 6 ’ Measles 2 1 1 4 6 13 27 j Meningitis - - . 1 - - - - - - - - 1 I Tuberculosis - ■ - - 1 - - - 1 - 1 3 ; ViTiooping Cough - ! - 1 i - 1](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29200155_0021.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
