Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bexley]
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The following table gives the particulars concerning the cases of Infectious Diseases (other than
Tuberculosis) notified in the area during the year.
NOTIFIABLE DISEASES (Other than Tuberculosis) DURING THE YEAR 1961.
DISEASE. | Total cases notified | Under 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 to 9 | 10 to 14 | 15 to 24 | 25 & over | Age unknown | Cases admitted to Hospital | Total Deaths. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Scarlet Fever | 37 | — | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — |
Diphtheria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 17 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | 10 | — | 17 | — |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Acute Paralytic Poliomyelitis | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Acute Non-Paralytic Poliomyelitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Pneumonia | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | 9 | — | — | 1 |
Erysipelas | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Food Poisoning | 5 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | 1 | — |
Dysentery | 43 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 7 | — | — | — |
Typhoid Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Paratyphoid Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Meningococcal Infection | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Measles | 1454 | 29 | 107 | 150 | 196 | 195 | 704 | 35 | 26 | 12 | — | 3 | — |
Whooping Cough | 37 | 3 | 1 | 2 | — | 6 | 20 | 3 | — | 2 | — | — | — |
Scabies | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
Encephalitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Malaria | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Totals | 1616 | 33 | 111 | 155 | 203 | 206 | 768 | 47 | 42 | 51 | — | 23 | 1 |