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Lewisham 1962

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

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61
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 paratyphoii
Meningococcal infection Typhus fever
Ophthalmia neonatorum Whooping cough

Table: Number of Notified Cases (corrected for revised diagnosis) during the year 1962 with comparative figures for the previous six years.Table 39

Number of Notified Cases (corrected for revised diagnosis) during the year 1962 with comparative figures for the previous six years.

Table 39

DiseasesCases notified
1962196119601959195819571956
Diphtheria-------
Dysentery16296367233214129579
Encephalitis (acute)—1——122
Enteric or typhoid fever32—6423
Erysipelas1142016131520
Food poisoning13263149274246
Malaria2—2----
Measles423427826226138352728206
Meningococcal infection4583349
Ophthalmia neonatorum1—11122
Pneumonia236233108619689
Poliomyelitis (acute)——2621526
Puerperal pyrexia71467848599357
Scabies989991829
Scarlet fever5394172303210143188
Tuberculosis103123134143236247212
Whooping cough4165333229154225241
TOTALS909482014523767182937611709