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Lewisham 1964

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

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45
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 year 1964 with comparative figures for the previous six years.Table 38

Number of Notified Cases (corrected for revised diagnosis) during the year 1964 with comparative figures for the previous six years.

Table 38

DiseasesCases notified
1964196319621961196019591958
Diphtheria-------
Dysentery11134116296367233214
Encephalitis (acute)———1——1
Enteric or typhoid fever21232—64
Erysipelas134114201613
Food poisoning16101326314927
Malaria1—2—2__
Measles1180240842342782622613835
Meningococcal infection2145833
Ophthalmia neonatorum131—111
Pneumonia154223623310861
Poliomyelitis (acute)————262
Puerperal pyrexia52427146784859
Scabies21998999
Scarlet fever146765394172303210
Tuberculosis141122103123134143236
Whooping cough1531864165333229154
TOTALS185432569094820145237671829