Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]
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TABLE OF NOTIFICATIONS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES SINCE 1965
DISEASE | TOTALS NOTIFIED IN: | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | |
ANTHRAX | ||||||||||
CHOLERA | ||||||||||
DIPHTHERIA | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
DYSENTERY | 94 | 258 | 75 | 62 | 130 | 74 | ||||
ENCEPHALITIS, ACUTE INFECTIVE | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | ||||
" " POST-INFECTIVE | -- | - | 1 | - | 1 | --- | ||||
ERYSIPELAS | 6 | 10 | 9 | - | - | - | ||||
FOOD POISONING | 25 | 29 | 34 | 35 | 107 | 86 | ||||
INFECTIVE JAUNDICE | -- | - | _ | 35 | 57 | 80 | ||||
LEPROSY | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
LEPTOSPIROSIS | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
MALARIA | 1 | - | 4 | 1 | - | 2 | ||||
MEASLES | 1,907 | 1,233 | 1,075 | 496 | 410 | 624 | ||||
MENINGITIS, ACUTE | 7 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 7 | ||||
OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM | 2 | 5 | - | 6 | - | - | ||||
PARATYPHOID FEVER | - | - | 1 | 6 | - | - | ||||
PLAGUE | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
PNEUMONIA | 24 | 8 | 7 | 7 | - | - | ||||
POLIOMYELITIS, ACUTE PARALYTIC | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | ||||
" , " NON-PARALYTIC | - | 1 | - | - | -- | |||||
PUERPERAL PYREXIA | 65 | 50 | 24 | 23 | - | |||||
RELAPSING FEVER | - | - | - | - | ||||||
SCABIES | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
SCARLET FEVER | 43 | 29 | 38 | 77 | 31 | 24 | ||||
SMALLPOX | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
TETANUS | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY | 116 | 89 | 91 | 90 | 92 | 76 | ||||
" , NON-PULMONARY | 33 | 19 | 12 | 16 | 29 | 17 | ||||
TYPHOID FEVER | - | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | ||||
TYPHUS | - | - | - | - | - | |||||
WHOOPING COUGH | 49 | 122 | 126 | 87 | 15 | 60 | ||||
YELLOW FEVER | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
TOTALS | 2,381 | 1,856 | 1,504 | 954 | 882 | 1,057 |