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Lewisham 1961

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]

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56
SECTION F—PREVALENCE OF and CONTROL OVER
INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES
Notifiable Diseases
The undermentioned diseases are notifiable by medical practitioners to the
Medical Officer of Health :—
Anthrax Plague
Cholera Pneumonia, acute influenzal
Diphtheria Pneumonia, acute primary
Dysentery (bacillary or amoebic) Poliomyelitis, acute
Encephalitis, acute Puerperal pyrexia
Enteric fever Relapsing fever
Erysipelas Scabies
Food poisoning Scarlet fever
Malaria Smallpox
Measles Tuberculosis, all forms
Membranous croup Typhoid fever, including paratyphoid
Meningococcal infection Typhus fever
Ophthalmia neonatorum Whooping cough

Table: Number of Notified Cases(corrected for revised diagnosis) during the year1961with comparative figures for the previous six years.Table 39

Number of Notified Cases(corrected for revised diagnosis) during the year1961with comparative figures for the previous six years.

Table 39

DiseasesCases notified
1961196019591958195719561955
Diphtheria------1
9636723321412957992
Dysentery1--122-
Encephalitis (acute)2-64231
Enteric or typhoid fever14201613152026
Erysipelas26314927424648
Food poisoning-2----1
Malaria4278262261383527282063905
Meningococcal infection5833494
Ophthalmia neonatorum- _111224
Pneumonia6233108619689121
Poliomyelitis (acute)-262152663
Puerperal pyrexia46784859935792
Scabies8999182918
Scabies fever94172303210143188158
Tuberculosis123134143236247212271
Whooping cough65333229154225241412
TOTALS4820145237671829376117095217