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Kensington and Chelsea 1966
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington & Chelsea Borough]
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INFECTIOUS DISEASE
There was no serious outbreak of infectious disease in the borough
during 1966. The total number of notifications received was 818 in
comparison with 1,421 in 1965. The difference is almost entirely due to
the decrease in the number of cases of measles notified in 1966 compared
with the previous year.
Notifications.
The following tables show (1) the number of cases of infectious
disease notified during the year 1966 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 1
| Notifiable disease | Number of cases notified | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | 1965 | 1964 | 1963 | 1962 | 1961 | |
| Diphtheria | — | — | - | - | 1 | |
| Dysentery | 30 | 31 | 40 | 93 | 124 | 136 |
| Encephalitis | 1 | |||||
| Enteric Fever | 5 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 3 | |
| Erysipelas | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 8 |
| Food Poisoning | 20 | 15 | 40 | 33 | 20 | 43 |
| Malaria | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Measles | 515 | 1,084 | 428 | 1,296 | 332 | 2,061 |
| Meningococcal infection | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 |
| Pneumonia | 5 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 21 | 36 |
| Poliomyelitis: | ||||||
| Paralytic | 1 | 3 | 7 | |||
| Non-paralytic | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 54 | 73 | 90 | 76 | 106 | 172 |
| Scarlet Fever | 18 | 27 | 19 | 16 | 18 | 34 |
| Tuberculosis (all forms) | 97 | 139 | 129 | 178 | 186 | 216 |
| Whooping Cough | 69 | 34 | 43 | 103 | 28 | 54 |
| TOTALS | 818 | 1,421 | 828 | 1,835 | 857 | 2,782 |
NOTE: Cases of mistaken diagnosis are excluded from the
above table.