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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
Camden 1966
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camden]
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TABLE 3 SUMMARY OF NOTIFIABLE DISEASES 1966
| Disease | Male | Female | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diphtheria | - | - | - |
| Dysentery | 41 | 46 | 87 |
| Encephalitis (infectious) | - | - | - |
| Enteric fever, typhoid, | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| paratyphoid | 1 | - | 1 |
| Erysipelas | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Pood poisoning | 23 | 19 | 42 |
| Measles | 343 | 346 | 689 |
| Membranous croup | - | - | - |
| Meningococcal infection | - | 1 | 1 |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | 7 | 5 | 12 |
| Pneumonia, acute influenzal | 4 | - | 4 |
| acute primary | 7 | 2 | 9 |
| Poliomyelitis | - | - | - |
| Puerperal pyrexia | - | 3 | 3 |
| Malaria | - | - | - |
| Scabies | 41 | 23 | 64 |
| Scarlet fever | 15 | 23 | 38 |
| Smallpox | - | - | - |
| Whooping cough | 12 | 19 | 31 |
| Total | 499 | 520 | 1,019 |
| Tuberculosis | |||
| Pulmonary | 126 | 59 | 185 |
| Non pulmonary | 19 | 11 | 30 |
| Total | 145 | 70 | 215 |