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ILLEGITIMACY
The proportion of illegitimate births per 1,000 live births is
again lower than for several years. The figures are:-
1965 201
1966 201
1967 212
1968 198
1969 194
1970 166
INFECTIOUS DISEASE
The total number of notifications received during 1970 was 576
in comparison with 466 in 1969.
Notifications
The following Tables show (1) the number of cases of infectious
disease notified during the year 1970, 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
1970
1969
1968
1967
1966
Dysentery
18
11
14
11
30
Encephalitis
-
-
1
-
-
Enteric Fever
-
4
1
1
-
Erysipelas
-
1
1
3
4
Food Poisoning
48
53
18
12
20
Infective Jaundice
108
77
41
NOT NOTIFIABLE
Malaria
4
5
2
4
1
Measles
254
211
296
847
515
Meningococcal Infection
-
4
1
2
3
Ophthalmia Neonatorum
2
2
-
-
2
Poliomyelitis:
Paralytic
1
-
-
-
•
Scarlet Fever
22
7
34
15
18
Tuberculosis (all forms)
88
79
101
77
97
Whooping Cough
31
12
46
78
69
TOTALS
576
466
556
1050
759
NOTE: Cases of mistaken diagnosis are excluded
from the above Table