[Report 1962] / Medical Officer of Health, Chester R.D.C.

  • Chester (England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1962
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Credit: [Report 1962] / Medical Officer of Health, Chester R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES Prevalence of and control over Infectious and other diseases The following notifiable diseases (other than Tuberculosis) were notified during the year: Pneumonia Food Poisoning Scarlet Fever Measles Whooping Cough Dysentery Erysipelas Typhoid Fever Poliomyelitis (Paralytic) Mumps — Encephalitis Cases Total admitted Cases to Notified Hospital Deaths 2 1 — 5 — — 5 — — 35 — — 3 — — 26 1 — 2 — — 1 1 1 1 1 — 1 1 — TUBERCULOSIS New Cases and Mortality during the year 1962: NEW CASES DEATHS Age Non. Non- Periods Respiratory Respiratory Total Respiratory Respiratory Total M F M FM&FM F M FM&F Under 5 yrs. — — — — — — — — — — 5-14 yrs. — — — — — — — — — — 15-24 yrs. — — — — — — — — — — 25-44 yrs. 3 1 — — 4 — — — — — 45-64 yrs. — — — — — — — — — — 65 yrs. & over — — — — — — — — — — Age unknown 1 — — — 1 1 — — — 1 Totals 41 — — 5 1 — — — 1 BRUCELLA ABORTUS INFECTION Random sampling of raw milk continues to give results which show infection with Brucella Abortus. This organism causes Abortus fever in cattle and Undulant fever in man. The frequency of these positive samples is sufficient to cause some apprehension, as the following statistics show.