[Report 1972] / Medical Officer of Health, St Albans R.D.C.
- St. Albans (England). Rural District Council.
- Date:
- 1972
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1972] / Medical Officer of Health, St Albans R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![PREVALENCE OF AND CONTROL OVER INFECTIOUS DISEASES ST. ALBANS RURAL DISTRICT The following infectious diseases were notified to the M.O.H, during the yearS Food Poisoning 1 Sc5a'let Fever 7 Whooping Cough 6 Meausles 35 Meningitis 2 Infective Hepatitis 3 Dysentery 14 l-iumps/Enc ephali t is 2 Tuberculosis 5 The age/sex breakdown of the tuberculosis cases is as follows: Age Group Respiratory Non-Respiratory Total M F M F M F Under 5 years 5-14 years 15-24 years 25-44 years 45 - 64 years 65 years and over 1 1 1 1 1 mm 1 1 1 1 1 Total 3 2 _ - 3 2 During the year 14 cases of tuberculosis had recovered sufficiently to require no] further surveillance«» One respiratory (male) case transferred into the area. Food Poisoning I am glad to be able to rep)ort that only one case of food poisoning was reported to me during the year. Credit for this must in no small measure be due to the watchful eye of the Chief Public Health Inspector. Venereal Diseases The number of new cases of venereal diseases in the St. Albans Division during the year were as set out below. Syphilis M F Gonorrhoea M 27 12 Other Genital Infections M 65 63 Other Conditions Total M I M 65 F 31 159 110](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30124694_0016.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
