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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Fulham 1963
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham Borough]
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NOTIFICATIONS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE, 1963 (in age groups)
| -1 | 1-2 | 3-4 | 5-9 | 10- 14 | 15- 24 | 25- 44 | 45- 64 | 65 | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | – | 1 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 21 | |
| Whooping Cough | 15 | 29 | 34 | 36 | 6 | 4 | 1 | – | – | 125 | |
| Acute Poliomyelitis: | Paralytic | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Non-Paralytic: | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Measles | 38 | 311 | 265 | 381 | 19 | 3 | 3 | – | – | 1020 | |
| Diphtheria | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Acute Pneumonia | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 9 | 4 | 14 | |
| Dysentery | 9 | 20 | 18 | 24 | 10 | 21 | 29 | 17 | 8 | 156 | |
| Smallpox | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Acute Encephalitis Infective | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Acute Encephalitis Post Infectious | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | |
| Typhoid Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | |
| Paratyphoid Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Erysipelas | – | – | 1 | – | – | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | ||
| Meningococcal Infection | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 2 | |
| Food Poisoning | 4 | – | – | – | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 4 | – | – | 7 | |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Malaria | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Scabies | – | 2 | – | – | 1 | 4 | 2 | – | – | – | |
| Tuberculosis, Pulmonary | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 7 | 19 | 18 | 12 | 58 | |
| Tuberculosis, Non-Pulmonary | – | – | – | 1 | – | 3 | 7 | 2 | – | 13 | |
| TOTALS | 66 | 365 | 324 | 455 | 39 | 51 | 73 | 50 | 28 | 1451 | |
There were 1,451 notifications - an increase of 938 compared with the figure (513) for 1962
TUBERCULOSIS
The tuberculosis death rate of 10.93 has risen compared with last year when it was 5.42.
In 1953, the tuberculosis death rate per 100,000 population was 19.59. The notification rate for
tuberculosis in 1963 was 64.6 compared with 75.1 in 1962.