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Lewisham 1971
[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
Under the Health Services and Public Health Act 1968 and the Public Health
(Infectious Diseases) Regulations 1968, the following diseases are notifiable to the
Medical Officer of Health: —
Acute encephalitis Measles
Acute meningitis Ophthalmia neonatorum
Acute poliomyelitis Paratyphoid fever
Anthrax Plague
Cholera Relapsing fever
Diphtheria Scarlet fever
Dysentery (amoebic or bacillary) Smallpox
Food poisoning Tetanus
Infective jaundice Tuberculosis
Leprosy Typhoid fever
Leptospirosis Typhus
Malaria Whooping cough
Yellow fever
NUMBER OF NOTIFIED CASES
(Corrected for revised diagnosis) during the year 1971 with comparative figures for
the nrevious six vears.
Table 32
| Diseases | Cases notified | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 1970 | 1969 | 1968 | 1967 | 1966 | 1965 | |
| Anthrax | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| Diphtheria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dysentery | 18 | 59 | 137 | 46 | 90 | 152 | 159 |
| Encephalitis (acute) | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Enteric or typhoid fever | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Infective jaundice | 33 | 46 | 47 | 21 | — | — | — |
| Food poisoning | 16 | 40 | 36 | 20 | 22 | 34 | 20 |
| Malaria | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Measles | 1,181 | 1,521 | 1,787 | 799 | 2,561 | 2,017 | 3,014 |
| Meningococcal infection | 28 | 27 | 24 | 16 | — | 3 | 1 |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | — | — | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 |
| Poliomyelitis (acute) | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Scarlet fever | 120 | 96 | 86 | 105 | 174 | 82 | 161 |
| Tuberculosis | 100 | 127 | 107 | 132 | 116 | 148 | 157 |
| Whooping cough | 68 | 110 | 32 | 146 | 130 | 169 | 108 |
| TOTALS | 1,570 | 2,031 | 2,260 | 1,290 | 3,102 | 2,609 | 3,625 |