[Report 1967] / Medical Officer of Health, Bebington Borough.

  • Bebington (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1967
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Credit: [Report 1967] / Medical Officer of Health, Bebington Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    INFECTIOUS DISEASES TABLE V No. of notified infectious diseases occurring in Bebington according to year and disease YEAR DISEASE 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 | 1959 I960 1961 1962 196311964 1965 1966 1967 Scarlet Fever 55 34 15 37 38 74 31 21 17 33 22 56 49 47 Diphtheria — Whooping Cough 140 97 150 134 27 80 58 12 11 42 86 41 22 49 Measles 623 497 255 496 170 906 327 681 606 345 610 425 381 404 Smallpox — — — 5 — — — — — — — — Acute Poliomyelitis 4 1 1 6 8 6 2 2 1 1 — — — — Acute Encephalitis Pneumonia (Prim- 3 — — 1 1 — — — — 1 — — — — ary and Influenzal) Meningococcal 36 22 16 30 16 28 15 25 15 17 16 18 8 10 Infection 3 3 2 2 1 3 — — 1 — — — — Typhoid 1 1 Paratyphoid 2 — 1 1 1 — Dysentery 17 39 19 22 18 69 22 22 345 24 62 168 34 90 Food Poisoning 23 47 9 4 54 20 48 18 13 19 23 25 15 — Erysipelas Ophthalmia 7 9 14 6 2 9 5 3 3 — 3 3 3 3 Neonatorum ... i — Puerperal Pyrexia 1 3 1 1 — 3 Malaria — 1 Scarlet Fever 47 cases of scarlet fever were notified during 1967. This disease con- tinues in a very mild form and no case was admitted to hospital during the year. Diptheria It is now fourteen years since a case of diptheria was notified. It is most important that young children are immunised against this disease in order to prevent any future outbreak. Whooping Cough 49 cases of whooping cough were notified during the year. 27 of these were known to be immunised. Six cases were under one year which is the age at which this disease is most severe. Whilst it is known that immunisa- tion is not 100% effective against this disease even when not completely preventative it modifies the course of the disease and the serious sequelae which used to occur are uncommon in the immunised person. eleven