London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Southwark 1968
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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| Disease | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 102 | 156 | 112 |
| Whooping cough | 170 | 170 | 257 |
| Acute poliomyelitis & acute polio encephalitis | — | — | 2 |
| Measles | 1,435 | 2,881 | 556 |
| Diphtheria | 2 | — | — |
| Dysentery | 200 | 231 | 195 |
| Meningoccal infection | 8 | — | 6 |
| *Pneumonia (acute primary and acute influenzal) | 25 | 37 | 29 |
| Paratyphoid fevers | — | — | — |
| *Erysipelas | 6 | 8 | 5 |
| Food poisoning | 41 | 64 | 157 |
| Tuberculosis | |||
| Respiratory system | 163 | 149 | 130 |
| Other forms | 8 | 19 | 12 |
| Malaria | — | 1 | — |
| *Puerperal pyrexia | 160 | 122 | 69 |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | 7 | 2 | 1 |
| Acute gastro enteritis | 480 | 1,064 | 2,031 |
| † Infective jaundice | — | — | 13 |
†Notifiable as from 15th June 1968
*Ceased to be notifiable from 1st October 1968.
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