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Lewisham 1967
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
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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 Scarlet fever
Food poisoning Smallpox
Malaria Tuberculosis, all forms
Measles Typhoid fever, including paratyphoid
Membranous croup Typhus fever
Meningococcal infection Whooping cough
Ophthalmia neonatorum
NUMBER OF NOTIFIED CASES
(Corrected for revised diagnosis) during the year 1967 with comparative figures
for the previous six years.
| Diseases | Cases notified | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | 1966 | 1965 | 1964 | 1963 | 1962 | 1961 | |
| Anthrax | 1 | - | 1 | — | — | 1 | — |
| Diphtheria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dysentery | 90 | 152 | 159 | 226 | 870 | 234 | 119 |
| Encephalitis (acute) | - | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Enteric or typhoid fever | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 2 |
| Erysipelas | 16 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 21 |
| Food poisoning | 22 | 34 | 20 | 19 | 13 | 19 | 34 |
| Malaria | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | — |
| Measles | 2,561 | 2,017 | 3,014 | 1,553 | 3,186 | 544 | 5,678 |
| Meningococcal infection | — | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
| Pneumonia | 43 | 35 | 37 | 35 | 75 | 36 | 85 |
| Poliomyelitis (acute) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal pyrexia | 67 | 36 | 75 | 55 | 47 | 74 | 46 |
| Scarlet fever | 174 | 82 | 161 | 197 | 103 | 71 | 129 |
| Tuberculosis | 116 | 148 | 157 | 203 | 210 | 191 | 223 |
| Whooping cough | 130 | 169 | 108 | 190 | 258 | 54 | 111 |
| TOTALS | 3,228 | 2,698 | 3,753 | 2,503 | 4,806 | 1,249 | 6,468 |