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Kensington and Chelsea 1965

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington & Chelsea Borough]

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11
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
There was no serious outbreak of infectious disease in the Borough during 1965.
The total number of notifications received was 1,440 in comparison with 868 in 1964. The
difference is almost entirely due to the increase in the number of cases of measles notified
in 1965 compared with the previous year.
NOTIFICATIONS
The following tables show (1) the number of cases of infectious disease notified
during the year 1965 with the comparative figures for the previous five years; (2) the number
of notifications divided into age groups and (3) the number of cases notified in each ward of
the borough:-

Table: TABLE 1

TABLE 1

Notifiable diseaseNumber of cases notified
196519641963196219611960
Scarlet Fever271916183449
Diphtheria----1-
Enteric Fever589338
Puerperal Pyrexia739076106172157
Pneumonia41917213622
Dysentery314093124136140
Erysipelas2427812
Meningococcal infection414147
Malaria143312
Poliomyelitis:
Paralytic--1373
Non-paralytic---11-
Acute encephalitis---1-1
Tuberculosis (all forms)139129178186216191
Measles108442812963322061472
Ophthalmia Neonatorum234357
Food Poisoning154033204355
Scabies194937212731
Whooping cough34431032854216
TOTALS1440877187287828091373

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NOTE: Cases of mistaken diagnosis are excluded from the above table.