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Lewisham 1966

[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
Cholera
Diphtheria
Dysentery (bacillary or amoebic)
Encephalitis, acute
Enteric fever
Erysipelas
Food poisoning
Malaria
Measles
Membranous croup
Meningococcal infection
Ophthalmia neonatorum
Plague
Pneumonia, acute influenzal
Pneumonia, acute primary
Poliomyelitis, acute
Puerperal pyrexia
Relapsing fever
Scarlet fever
Smallpox
Tuberculosis, all forms
Typhoid fever, including paratyphoid
Typhus fever
Whooping cough
NUMBER OF NOTIFIED CASES

Table: (Corrected for revised diagnosis) during the year 1966 with comparative figures for the previous six years.

(Corrected for revised diagnosis) during the year 1966 with comparative figures for the previous six years.

Table 24
DiseasesCases notified
1966196519641963196219611960
Anthrax—1——1——
Diphtheria———————
Dysentery152159226870234119433
Encephalitis (acute)—————1—
Enteric or typhoid fever1121242_
Erysipelas181920722126
Food poisoning34201913193434
Malaria——1—2—2
Measles2,0173,0141,5533,1865445,678356
Meningococcal infection3121458
Ophthalmia neonatorum3315122
Pneumonia35373575368554
Poliomyelitis (acute)——————2
Puerperal pyrexia36755547744679
Scarlet fever8216119710371129218
Tuberculosis148157203210191223221
Whooping cough16910819025854111483
TOTALS2,6983,7532,5034,8061,2496,4681,927