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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Paddington 1963
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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INFECTIOUS DISEASE
| Disease | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acute encephalitis (infective) | — | (—) | — | (—) | — | (—) | — | (—) | — | (—) |
| Acute encephalitis (post infectious) | — | (—) | — | (—) | — | (—) | — | (—) | — | (—) |
| Acute pneumonia (influenzal) | 23 | (23) | 4 | (4) | 14 | (14) | 1 | (1) | 3 | (3) |
| Acute pneumonia (primary) | 14 | (14) | 19 | (19) | 16 | (16) | 11 | (11) | 12 | (12) |
| Acute poliomyelitis (paralytic) | 7 | (3) | 6 | (5) | 2 | (2) | 1 | (1) | — | (—) |
| Acute poliomyelitis (non-paralytic) | 2 | (1) | 3 | (2) | 1 | (1) | 1 | (1) | — | (—) |
| Diphtheria | 1 | (—) | — | (—) | 1 | (1) | — | (—) | — | (—) |
| Dysentery | 25 | (25) | 34 | (34) | 39 | (39) | 32 | (32) | 18 | (18) |
| Erysipelas | 2 | (2) | 3 | (3) | 3 | (3) | 1 | (—) | 3 | (3) |
| Food poisoning or suspected food poisoning | 88 | (87) | 77 | (77) | 67 | (67) | 102 | (102) | 47 | (47) |
| Infective enteritis | 13 | (13) | 7 | (7) | 13 | (13) | 1 | (1) | 7 | (7) |
| Malaria | 1 | (1) | — | (—) | — | (—) | — | (—) | 1 | (1) |
| Measles | 388 | (388) | 809 | (809) | 838 | (838) | 343 | (343) | 662 | (662) |
| Meningococcal infection | 1 | (1) | — | (—) | — | (—) | 1 | (1) | 4 | (4) |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | 1 | (1) | 2 | (2) | 3 | (2) | 1 | (1) | 3 | (3) |
| Paratyphoid fever | — | (—) | — | (—) | — | (—) | 1 | (1) | — | (—) |
| Puerperal pyrexia | 139 | (139) | 138 | (138) | 137 | (137) | 150 | (150) | 142 | (142) |
| Scabies | 22 | (22) | 35 | (35) | 24 | (24) | 18 | (18) | 46 | (46) |
| Scarlet fever | 37 | (37) | 27 | (27) | 25 | (25) | 9 | (9) | 29 | (29) |
| Smallpox | — | (—) | — | (—) | — | (—) | — | (—) | — | (—) |
| Tuberculosis (respiratory) | 149 | (149) | 137 | (137) | 148 | (148) | 144 | (144) | 135 | (135) |
| Tuberculosis (C.N.S. or Meninges) | 1 | (—) | — | (—) | — | (—) | — | (—) | 1 | (1) |
| Tuberculosis (other forms) | 15 | (15) | 14 | (14) | 14 | (14) | 20 | (20) | 12 | (12) |
| Typhoid or enteric fever | 2 | (2) | 3 | (3) | 3 | (3) | 3 | (3) | 6 | (6) |
| Whooping cough | 49 | (49) | 117 | (117) | 29 | (29) | 15 | (15) | 76 | (76) |