[Report 1972] / Medical Officer of Health, Arundel Borough.

  • Arundel (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1972
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Credit: [Report 1972] / Medical Officer of Health, Arundel Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PREVALENCE AND CONTROL OF DISEASES Only one notification of infectious disease - a case of Measles in a female patient aged 5 years - was received during 1972o Cancer Sixteen deaths (11 male, 5 female) were attributed to Cancer during the year (12 in 197!)o The Cancer Death Rate for 1972 per thousand of the estimated home population is 6,6 (5»0 in 197'')» The corresponding rates for the Administrative County and the Urban and Rural Districts of West Sussex are 3«0,, 3o'' and 2,7 respectively. Diphtheria (a) Notifications. No case of diphtheria has been notified in the Borough since 19^5<> (b) Immunisation against diphtheria and other diseases is carried out either at the Maternity and Child Welfare Clinics, or by the General Practitioners, and set out below are details of injections given to persons aged under l6 years during the year s Vaccine Completed Primary Courses Reinforcing Injections Diphtheria 33 Whooping Cough 33 Tetanus 33 Poliomyelitis 33 Rubella 39 47 84 71 Poliomyelitis No cases were notified in 1972, the last case having occurred in 1935® Vaccination against the disease is available to everyone up to 40 years of age. Application forms are available at the Council Offices; at the County Health Department, Metropolitan House, Northgate, Chichester; and at Health Centres and Clinics, Tuberculosis No notifications of Tuberculosis were received in 1972, nor were any deaths recorded as due to this cause. The following table gives details of the number of cases on the Register at the end of 1972 s