[Report 1954] / Medical Officer of Health, Anglesey County Council.

  • Anglesey (Wales). County Council. no2003102100.
Date:
1954
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Credit: [Report 1954] / Medical Officer of Health, Anglesey County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The Anglesey rate is slightly higher each month than that of Great Britain. The curves follow the same general pattern except for a sharp peak in Anglesey in November, corresponding to the localised epidemic of Influenza “B.” EPIDEMIOLOGY. The notifications of infectious diseases during the year are set out below. Tables 14 and 15 include cases diagnosed in Caernarvonshire hospitals and therefore notifiable to the Medical Officer of Health of the district in which the hospital is situate. Table 14. Notifications of Infectious Diseases, 1954 Disease. Urban 05 ss Rural s .S' C s 0 Diphtheria — — — Scarlet Fever 3S ] 4 20 — 19 9 8 99 Dysentery — 1 2 3 Acute pneumonia 1 i 2 3 10 4 21 Ac. poliomyelitis — 2* 1 1* 4 Malariaf 2 j Mea.sles 4 20 1 — — 55 72 7 159 Whooping Cough _ _ 104 11 7 6 9 31 168 Food Poisoning — 4 55 gg Paratyphoid Fever I 1 * Paralytic. t Contracted abroad.