Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1963
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SUMMARY OF NOTIFICATIONS Of INFECTIOUS DISEASES RECEIVED DURING THE YEARS 1959 - 1963 (inclusive)
Disease | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | Average for five years |
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Dysentery | 62 | 69 | 39 | 67 | 57 | 58.8 |
Erysipelas | 1 | 3 | 3 | - | - | 1.4 |
Food Poisoning | 5 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5.0 |
Measles | 416 | 15 | 564 | 63 | 352 | 282.0 |
Meningococcal Infection | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | 1.6 |
Pneumonias Ac. Influenzal | 9 | 4 | 5 | 1 | - | 3.8 |
Ac. Primary | 9 | 2 | 3 | - | 4 | 3.6 |
Poliomyelitis: | ||||||
Paralytic | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1.0 |
Non-paralytic | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0.2 |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 36 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12.8 |
Scabies | 6 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3.6 |
Scarlet Fever | 31 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 13.0 |
Typhoid Fever | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 0.6 |
Whooping Cough | 33 | 62 | 24 | 6 | 24 | 29.8 |