[Report 1966] / Medical Officer of Health, Caernarvonshire Combined Sanitary Districts (Bangor City, Conway Borough, Bethesda U.D.C., Betws y Coed U.D.C., Llandudno U.D.C., Llanfairfechan U.D.C., Penmaenmawr U.D.C., Nant Conway R.D.C., Ogwen R.D.C., Caernarvon Borough, Pwllheli Borough, Criccieth U.D.C., Portmadoc U.D.C., Gwyrfai R.D.C., Lleyn R.D.C.).

  • Caernarvonshire Combined Sanitary Districts.
Date:
1966
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Credit: [Report 1966] / Medical Officer of Health, Caernarvonshire Combined Sanitary Districts (Bangor City, Conway Borough, Bethesda U.D.C., Betws y Coed U.D.C., Llandudno U.D.C., Llanfairfechan U.D.C., Penmaenmawr U.D.C., Nant Conway R.D.C., Ogwen R.D.C., Caernarvon Borough, Pwllheli Borough, Criccieth U.D.C., Portmadoc U.D.C., Gwyrfai R.D.C., Lleyn R.D.C.). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Incidence of Notifiable Diseases. During 1966. 693 cases of infectious disease (excluding Tuberculosis) were notified compared with 273 in 1965 and 1,119 in 1964. The diseases notified were 14 Scarlet Fever, 630 Measles, 3 Whooping Cough, 11 Puerperal Pyrexia, 33 Dysentry, 1 Food Poisoning, and 1 Ophthalmia Neonatorum. Table “A ’ below shows the number of male and female cases of Scarlet Fever, Measles and Whooping Cough divided into different Age Groups. Table “B” gives the cases rates per 1,OOG of the population for 1966 and 1965 for certain infectious diseases for the Northern Area compared with those for England and Wales. TABLE “A” Number of Cases in Age Groups of Scarlet Fever, Measles and Whooping Cough | Number of Cases Scarlet Fever Measles Whooping Cough Age Group M F M F [ M ij1 F Under 1 Year , l 11 i j 17 1 I — 1 Year 1 i 37 | 25 I1 — V 2 Years * - '| | — 31 •[ 32 r r — 3 Years — 33 f 65 | i i i — 4 Years — ! 2 I 54 66 l i. — 5-9 Years 6 4 113 123 i i ft — 10-14 Years — ; — 7 I 5 1 I 1 — 15-24 Years | 1 ) L 1 J 1 1 1 — 25 Years and Over i j f 1 i — Age Unknown jl 1 ij' 5 if 4 1 1 V l I Totals 7 7 ' i V I1 292 \ 338 1 ' 3 TABLE “B” Case Rates per 1,000 of the Population for 1966 and 1965 l|i 1966 1 1965 Disease ifNorth’n» Division 1 England ,North’n England & Wales Division & Wales i Enteric Fever (incl. Paratyphoid) 1 0.00 0.005 I1 1 | 0.00 I1 1 1/ 0.02 Scarlet Fever 0.22 I 0.44 i| 0.22 ‘f 0.53 Whooping Cough 0.04 0.40 ) 0.01 |J 0.27 Measles ■] 9.75 1 ; 7.15 J 2-22) 10.52 Poliomyelitis 0.00 I'l 1 0.00 1 0.00 'll 0.00 Dysentry l! 0.51 1 ll 1 0.44 | '1' lr 1.64 0.57 Food Poisoning 0.01 o.o9 ■; O.OO ( 0.15 Pneumonia '1 0.02 | f 1, 0.00 11 1 l' 0.03 Erysipelas 0.17 o.oo (;■ 0.17