[Report 1953] / Medical Officer of Health, Alton R.D.C.

  • Alton (England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1953
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Credit: [Report 1953] / Medical Officer of Health, Alton R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    deaths from infectious diseases and leaves far more people crippled than such diseases as poliomyelitis. The road is more to be feared than the germs we encounter and the importance of this is stressed for those who live on or near the main roads leading through the district. PREVALENCE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES The following is an analysis of the cases of notifiable diseases which occurred during the year :— Disease 1953 To tals for M F Total 1952 1951 1950 1949 Scarlet Fever 10 16 26 15 17 29 35 Whooping Cough Acute Poliomyelitis : 51 64 115 69 106 57 33 (paralytic) (non-paralytic) 1 2 3 }4 0 6 1 Measles 174 155 329 233 381 34 403 Diphtheria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Acute Pneumonia 7 7 14 10 i 17 9 14 Dysentery Typhoid and 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 paratyphoid fever 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Erysipelas 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 Meningococcal infection 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Food Poisoning 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 Puerperal Pyrexia 0 2 2 1 1 0 2 Totals 245 247 492 1 333 1 522 135 488 AGE AND SEX DISTRIBUTION OF 96% OF THE CASES NOTIFIED Age Groups Scar] let Fever 3 tr o o fing Cough Me; asles Male Female Male Female Male Female Under 1 0 0 4 9 3 3 1-4 . . 2 2 28 29 69 65 5-9 . . 3 14 18 22 88 73 10-14 4 0 1 0 7 8 15 and over 1 0 0 4 7 6 Totals 26 115 329 Measles and Whooping Cough. The large number of cases of whooping cough and measles re- presents the end of the epidemic of these diseases which started in the middle of 1952. The majority of these cases occurred in the first quarter and there were only a few cases of both diseases notified after the end of May.