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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
Islington 1965
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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PREVALENCE AND CONTROL OF INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES
Notifiable Infectious Diseases and Deaths during the year 1965
| Di sease | Number of noti fications | Number of deaths | Removed to hospital | Number of Cases returned to Regi strar-General after correction of diagnosis | Cases "coming to knowledge" but not noti fi ed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smallpox | - (-) | - | - | - | . |
| Scarlet Fever | 147 (154) | - | 17 | 146 | 37 |
| Diphtheri a | 1 (-) | - | 1 | - | - |
| Enteric Fever (including Paratyphoi d) | 5 (2) | 5 | 5 | - | |
| Typhus Fever | - (-) | - | - | - | - |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 181 (313) | - | 179 | 181 | - |
| Ac. Primary & Influenzal Pneumonia | 40 ( 20) | - | 10 | 40 | . |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 18 (55) | - | 12 | 17 | - |
| Acute Encephalitis | 2 (6) | _ | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Meningococcal Infection | 2 (3) | _ | 2 | 1 | _ |
| Anthrax | - (-) | - | - | - | - |
| Dysentery | 278 (170) | - | 21 | 275 | 227 |
| Malaria | 3 (2) | - | 2 | 3 | - |
| Erysipelas | 21 (15) | - | 1 | 21 | - |
| Measles | 2234 (1715) | - | 45 | 2228 | 128 |
| Whooping Cough | 62 (136) | - | 13 | 60 | 19 |
| Ac. Poliomyelitis | - (-) | - | - | - | - |
| Food Poisoning | 115 (88) | - | 13 | 96 | 4 |
| Tuberculosis Lungs | 183 (261) | 16 | _ | 183 | 6 |
| Tuberculosis Other Forms | 30 (32) | 2 | - | 29 | 3 |
(Figures in brackets are notifications for 1964)
Saallpox
There were twenty-seven references for the supervision of possible smallpox
contacts, who were arrivals in this country from declared endemic or locally infected
smallpox areas. They were reported to be proceeding to addresses in Islington, and
were not in possession of a valid international certificate of vaccination. In accordance
with the regulations which came into force on the 1st August, 1963, all the
arrivals were visited and kept under surveillance for the required period.
An eleven month old child living in Hackney was conveyed by ambulance to a General
Hospital in Islington, and subsequently died. It was thought that the child might have
been suffering from smallpox, and it was necessary, therefore, to follow up immediately
all people who had subsequently been in the ambulance. From subsequent tests and postmortem
examination, the diagnosis of smallpox was not confirmed.
Certificates of vaccination and Inoculation - Authentication
Ministry of Health Circular 60/48.
Applications for authentication dealt with by the Medical Officer of Health
numbered 2,241 as against 1,939 for the previous year. The applications comprised
requests for authentication of International Certificates of Vaccination and Inoculation
against smallpox, yellow fever, cholera etc., and constituted a substantial item of work.
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