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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

Lewisham 1963

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]

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Table: Number of Notified Cases (corrected for revised diagnosis) during the year 1963 with comparative figures for the previous six years.Table 38

Number of Notified Cases (corrected for revised diagnosis) during the year 1963 with comparative figures for the previous six years.

Table 38

DiseasesCases notified
1963196219611960195919581957
Diphtheria-------
Dysentery34116296367233214129
Encephalitis (acute)--1--12
Enteric or typhoid fever1232-642
Erysipelas411420161315
Food poisoning10132631492742
Malaria-2-2---
Measles2408423427826226138352728
Meningococcal infection1458334
Ophthalmia neonatorum31-1112
Pneumonia422362331086196
Poliomyelitis (acute)---26215
Puerperal pyrexia42714678485993
Scabies99899918
Scarlet fever765394172303210143
Tuberculosis122103123134143236247
Whooping cough1864165333229154225
TOTALS325690948201452376718293761

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56
PREVALENCE OF and CONTROL OVER
INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES
Notifiable Diseases
The undermentioned diseases are notifiable by medical practitioners to the
Medical Officer of Health:—
Anthrax Plague
Cholera Pneumonia, acute influenzal
Diphtheria Pneumonia, acute primary
Dysentery (bacillary or amoebic) Poliomyelitis, acute
Encephalitis, acute Puerperal pyrexia
Enteric fever Relapsing fever
Erysipelas Scabies
Food poisoning Scarlet fever
Malaria Smallpox
Measles Tuberculosis, all forms
Membranous croup Typhoid fever, including paratyphoid
Meningococcal infection Typhus fever
Ophthalmia neonatorum Whooping cough