London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Lambeth 1960
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
This page requires JavaScript
38
notifications other than tuberculosis
The total number of notifications, excluding tuberculosis, received during
the year fell considerably, 1569 corrected notifications being received compared
with 3290 in 1959.
This decrease is accounted for, in the main, by a reduction of 1849 in the
number of cases of measles notified. The year 1959 was a "measles" year
and as the disease tends to occur in epidemic form every two years it was to
be expected that the incidence in 1960 would be low. It is anticipated, therefore,
that measles will again assume epidemic proportions in 1961.
Poliomyelitis
It is pleasing to report that only 7 cases of Poliomyelitis (4 paralytic and
3 non-paralytic) were notified during the year compared with 16 cases (8
paralytic and 8 non-paralytic) during 1959. No deaths occurred from this disease.
The cases were spread throughout the year as follows :-
| First Quarter | 1 |
| Second Quarter | 3 |
| Third Quarter | NIL |
| Fourth Quarter | 3 |
| 7 |
The ward distribution was as follows :-
| Marsh | 1 |
| Bishop's | 1 |
| Springfield | 1 |
| Leigham | 1 |
| Princes | |
| Town Hall | 1 |
| 7 |
Two males suffered from the disease compared with five females in the
in the following age groups