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

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

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    INFECTIOUS DISEASES The following tabic shows the number of cases notified (other than tuberculosis) during the year 1 Disease 0-1 1-5 5-15 H 1 25 & over Total 1 Deaths Scarlet Fever.. .... . 3 2 1 6 IrVhooping Gough.... 1 12 5 — — 18 — Measles... 2 44 85 2 — 133 — Acute poliomyelitis (P).. — — — - — — — do. (NP). ~ — — — ~ — Diphtheria............... — -- — - — Srnal 1 ■nOX . * . - . - - - . ^ -r r . r . . . mm mm mm mm Meningococcal infection.. ... — — Acute encephalitis (l).. — — — — — — do. (PI). — -> — — — — — Dysentery..... 2 6 20 — 11 39 — Ophthalmia Neonatorum.... — — — — — - Puerperal I^u’exia. — — — — — Acute pneumonia...... — 1 1 •CO H 20 4 Para-typhoid fever....... - — — — — — Enteric or typhoid fever. — - — ~ — — Food poisoning........... — — — - — mrysipelas.............c. — — — — — —• — — 1 Diphtheria, VJhooping Gough and Tetanus> There were two minor outbreaks of whooping cough, one at Silloth in the early part of the year and the other in the Ail.ton area in the autumn. Lmunisation against these three diseases is combined in infancy Wiich greatly reduces the number of injections required. During the year 257 infants v/ere given combined antigen. Booster doses against diph¬ theria and tetanus are given to school entrants and again at age 9-10, and primry immunisation against both diseases is given at school. Measles started up in the late summer and from October to December some 150 cases were notified. -10-