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TABLE 4.—Notification of Infectious and Other Notifiable Diseases
— 1965 —
Numbers originally notified | Scarlet fever | Whooping cough | Acute poliomyelitis | Measles (excluding rubella) | Diphtheria | Dysentery | Meningococcal infection | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Paralytic | Nonparalytic | |||||||||||||||
M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
Total (All Ages) | 16 | 11 | 11 | 8 | — | — | — | — | 452 | 413 | — | — | 15 | 29 | 1 | 1 |
Final numbers after correction Under 1 year | 3 | 1 | 21 | 16 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
1 — „ | 1 | 72 | 64 | 2 | 4 | — | — | |||||||||
2— years | 4 | 1 | 63 | 58 | 5 | 3 | 1 | — | ||||||||
3— „ | 2 | 2 | 68 | 62 | — | 5 | — | — | ||||||||
4— „ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 64 | 63 | — | — | 2 | — | — | ||||||
5—9 „ | 7 | 3 | 2 | 3 | — | — | 142 | 118 | — | 4 | 7 | — | — | |||
10—14 „ | 4 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 8 | — | — | 1 | — | — | ||||||
15—24 „ | 3 | 12 | 14 | — | 3 | — | 1 | |||||||||
25 and over | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 10 | — | 3 | 2 | — | — | ||
Age unknown | ||||||||||||||||
Total (All Ages) | 16 | 11 | 11 | 8 | — | — | — | — | 452 | 413 | — | — | 15 | 29 | 1 | 1 |
Numbers originally notified | Ac. pneumonia | Smallpox | Acute encephalitis | Typhoid fever | Paratyphoid fever | Erysipelas | Food poisoning | |||||||||
Infective | Postinfectious | |||||||||||||||
M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
Total (All Ages) | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 31 | 42 | ||||||
Final numbers after correction Under 5 years | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | ||||||||||||
5—14 „ | 1 | 5 | — | |||||||||||||
15-44 „ | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 5 | 19 | |||||||
45—64 „ | 2 | 4 | 1 | — | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | ||||||||
65 and over | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||
Age unknown | ||||||||||||||||
Total (All Ages) | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 34 | ||||||
Numbers originally notified | Tuberculosis | Other notifiable diseases | ||||||||||||||
Respiratory | Meninges & C.N.S. | Other | Total of new cases coming to the knowledge of Medical Officer of Health otherwise than by formal notification. | |||||||||||||
M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | Original | Final | |||||||||
Total (All Ages) | 115 | 49 | — | — | 10 | 12 | M. | F. | M. | F. | ||||||
Final numbers after correction Under 1 year | 2 | 1 | Males | Females | Puerperal pyrexia | |||||||||||
4 | 3 | — | 131 | — | 131 | |||||||||||
1— year | ||||||||||||||||
2—4 years | 4 | 3 | 1 | Ophthalmia neonatorum | ||||||||||||
5—9 „ | 3 | — | 1 | |||||||||||||
10-14 „ | 4 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
15-19 „ | 5 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | ||||||||||
20—24 „ | 12 | 8 | — | — | 3 | 2 | Anthrax | |||||||||
25-34 „ | 25 | 9 | — | — | 1 | 5 | _ | |||||||||
35—44 „ | 13 | 9 | — | — | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
45-54 „ | 13 | 5 | — | — | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
55—64 „ | 20 | 4 | — | — | 1 | — | ||||||||||
65-74 „ | 9 | 4 | — | — | 1 | — | ||||||||||
75 and over | 3 | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | ||||||||||
Age unknown | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||
Total (All Ages) | 115 | 49 | — | — | 10 | 12 |