[Report 1970] / Medical Officer of Health, Wrexham R.D.C.

Wrexham (Wales). Rural District Council.

Date:: 1970

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Credit: [Report 1970] / Medical Officer of Health, Wrexham R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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MATERNAL MORTALITY For the thirteenth successive year, it is pleasing to note that there are no Maternal Deaths. INFECTIOUS DISEASES The total number of infectious diseases notified during the year was 160, as compared to 186 in 1969 and 254 in 1968. Of this year’s total, 125 were due to Measles. With the interruption in the programme of vaccination for Measles, which affected Tables for 1969 and continued into 1970, it is again impossible to gauge the effect of this new measure. It is perhaps also worth recording here, referring back to the deaths column, that the death of a young child in 1970 was due to Measles. It will be seen that the second highest category was Food Poisoning. There was no one large outbreak in the area. All the notifications that can be seen in the table were due to isolated, sporadic instances throughout the district, most of them occurring as is usual, during the summer months. A total number of six cases of Tuberculosis were notified, five of these being due to the pulmonary variety. This compares to a total of 11 notifications in 1969, 15 in 1968 and 14 in 1967. This year’s total of six is by far the lowest figure ever recorded in the Wrexham Rural District and is in fact the first in single figures. It is worth recording here that as recently as 1962 there was a total of 58 notifications. Given in the Tables below is the distribution of the infectious diseases according to parishes and ages.