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Lewisham 1965

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

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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 Scarlet fever
Food poisoning Smallpox
Malaria Tuberculosis, all forms
Measles Typhoid fever, including paratyphoid
Membranous croup Typhus fever
Meningococcal infection Whooping cough
Ophthalmia neonatorum
NUMBER OF NOTIFIED CASES
(Corrected for revised diagnosis) during the year 1965 with comparative figures
for the previous six years.

Table: Table 28

Table 28

DiseasesCases notified
1965196419631962196119601959
Anthrax1--1---
Diphtheria-------
Dysentery159226870234119433347
Encephalitis (acute)----1--
Enteric or typhoid fever121242-6
Erysipelas192072212623
Food poisoning20191319343449
Measles3,0141,5533,1865445,6783563,418
Malaria-1-2-2-
Meningococcal infection1214583
Ophthalmia neonatorum3151221
Pneumonia373575368554151
Poliomyelitis (acute)-----27
Puerperal pyrexia75554774467948
Scarlet fever16119710371129218367
Tuberculosis157203210191223221242
Whooping cough10819025854111483369
TOTALS3,7532,5034,8061,2496,4681,9275,044