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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 1967
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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Notifiable Infectious Diseases and Deaths during the year 1967
| Disease | Number of notifications | Number of deaths | Removed to hospital | Number of Cases returned to Registrar-General after correction of diagnosis | Cases" coming" to knowledge1' but not notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staallpox | - | - | _ | _ | - |
| Scarlet Fever | 89 (125) | - | 8 | 89 | 18 |
| Diphtheria | - (-) | - | - | - | - |
| Biteric Fever (including Paratyphoid) | _ | 8 | 9 | - | |
| Tophus Fever | - (-) | - | - | - | - |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 137 (213) | - | 137 | 137 | - |
| Ac. Primary & Influenzal Pneumonia | 30 (36) | . | 10 | 30 | . |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 4 (12) | - | 2 | 4 | - |
| Acute Encephalitis | 2 (1) | - | 2 | 2 | . - |
| Meningococcal Infection | - (2) | - | - | - | - |
| Anthrax | - (-) | - | - | - | - |
| Dysentery | 269 (300) | - | 12 | 271 | 192 |
| Malaria | - (2) | - | - | - | 1 |
| Erysipelas | 20 (15) | - | 3 | 20 | 1 |
| Measles | 1427(1875) | - | 33 | 1426 | 43 |
| Whooping Oough | 125 (118) | 1 | 17 | 120 | 48 |
| Ac. Poliomyelitis | - (-) | - | - | - | - |
| Pood Poisoning | 90 (101) | - | 7 | 62 | 23 |
| Tuberculosis -Lungs | 141 (192) | 11 | - | 139 | 8 |
| Tuberculosis -Other Forms | 22 (19) | 4 | - | 22 | 1 |
(Figures in brackets are notifications for 1966)
Smallpox
Of the twenty-four references for suspected smallpox and supervision of possible
smallpox contacts, nineteen arrived 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 valid international certificates of vaccination.
In accordance with the regulations which came into force on the 1st August, 1963, all
were visited and kept under surveillance for the required period.
Advice was sought from the medical staff of the department in respect of throe patients
suffering from rashes of a type where it was desirable to exclude smallpox as a possible cause.
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