London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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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

Kensington and Chelsea 1971

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

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INFECTIOUS DISEASES
NOTIFICATIONS
The total number of notifications received during 1971 was 424 in comparison with
576 in 1970.
The following Tables show (1) the number of cases of infectious disease notified
during the year 1971, with the comparative figures for the previous five years; and (2) the
number of notifications divided into age groups.

Table: TABLE 1

TABLE 1

Notifiable diseaseNumber of cases notified
19711970196919681967
Dysentery1618111411
Encephalitis1--1-
Enteric Fever5-411
Erysipelas--113
Food Poisoning2748531812
Infective Jaundice951087741not notifiable
Malaria64524
Measles175254211296847
Meningococcal Infection6-412
Ophthalmia Neonatorum222--
Poliomyelitis: ParalyticNil1---
Scarlet Fever142273415
Tuberculosis (all forms)63887910177
Whooping Cough1431124678
TOTALS4245764665561050

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NOTE: Cases of mistaken diagnosis are excluded from the above Table