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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
City of Westminster 1966
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Table 4.—Notification of Infectious and Other Notifiable Diseases
| Numbers originally notified Total (All Ages) | Scarlet fever | Whooping cough | Acute poliomyelitis | Measles (excluding rubella) | Diphtheria | Dysentery | Meningococcal infection | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paralytic | Nonparalytic | |||||||||||||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| 29 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 1 | — | — | — | 242 | 212 | — | — | 51 | 53 | 1 | — | |
| Final numbers after correction Under 1 year | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 6 | 6 | — | — | 4 | 1 | — | — |
| 1— | 1 | 1 | _ | — | — | — | — | — | 40 | 32 | — | — | 8 | 3 | — | — |
| 2— years | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | — | — | — | — | 45 | 28 | — | — | 8 | 11 | — | — |
| 3— | 6 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 32 | 3b | — | — | 6 | 6 | — | — |
| 4— | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 48 | 31 | — | — | 8 | 5 | — | — |
| 5—9 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 4 | — | — | — | — | 63 | 68 | — | — | 5 | 6 | — | — |
| 10—14 „ | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 4 | — | — | 5 | 1 | — | — |
| 15—24 „ | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 4 | — | — | 3 | 9 | 1 | — |
| 25 and over | 2 | 1 | _ | _ | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | 4 | 11 | — | — |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | —— | — | 2 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 29 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 1 | — | — | — | 242 | 212 | — | — | 51 | 53 | 1 | — | |
| Numbers originally notified Total (All Ages) | Ac. pneumonia | Smallpox | Acute encephalitis | Typhoid fever | Paratyphoid fever | Erysipelas | Food poisoning | |||||||||
| Infective | Postinfectious | |||||||||||||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Final numbers after correction Under 5 years | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 4 |
| 5—14 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| 15—44 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 45—64 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 5 | 1 |
| 65 and over | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — |
| Age unknown | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Total (All Ages) | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 17 | 15 |
| Numbers originally notified Total (All Ages) .. | Tuberculosis | Other notifiable diseases | ||||||||||||||
| Respiratory | Meninges & C.n.S. | Other | Total of new cases coming to the knowledge of Medical Officer of Health otherwise than by formal notification. | |||||||||||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | Original | Final | |||||||||
| 112 | 50 | — | — | 10 | 7 | M. | F. | M. | F. | |||||||
| Final numbers after correction Under 1 year | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | Males | Females | Puerperal pyrexia | |||||||
| — | 1 | — | 190 | — | 190 | |||||||||||
| 1— year | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | Ophthalmia neonatourm | |||||||||
| 2—4 years | 6 | 4 | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| 5—9 | 11 | 3 | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| 10—14 15—19 | 4 4 | 7 2 | — | __ | — | _ | 3 | _ | 3 | _ | ||||||
| 20—24 | 8 | 7 | — | — | — | 1 | Anthrax | |||||||||
| 25—34 | 23 | 12 | — | — | 6 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 35—44 | 20 | 3 | _ | — | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 45—54 | 10 | 7 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| 55—64 | 11 | 3 | _ | _ | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 65—74 | 9 | 1 | _ | _ | _ | _ | Malaria (from abroad) | |||||||||
| 75 and over | 2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | ||||||||||
| Age unknown | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | - | 5 | - | ||||||
| Total (All Ages) | 111 | 49 | — | — | 10 | 7 | ||||||||||