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City of Westminster 1967
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Table 4.—Notifications of Infectious and Other Notifiable Diseases
| Numbers originally notified Total (All Ages) | Scarlet fever | Whooping cough | Measles (excluding rubella) | Dysentery | Meningococcal infection | Acute poliomyelitis | Diphtheria | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paralytic | Nonparalytic | |||||||||||||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| 15 | 18 | 22 | 20 | 512 | 586 | 40 | 39 | |||||||||
| Final numbers after correction Under 1 year | — | — | 3 | 1 | 27 | 29 | 2 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1— ,, | 1 | — | 5 | 2 | 65 | 78 | 4 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2— years | — | — | 2 | 3 | 86 | 112 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 3- ,, | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 79 | 76 | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 4- ,, | 3 | — | 1 | 2 | 65 | 66 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 5—9 „ | 8 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 159 | 173 | 7 | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 10—14 „ | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 15—24 „ | — | — | — | 2 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 25 and over | — | 1 | — | — | 4 | 9 | 6 | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Age unknown | — | — | — | — | 10 | 15 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Total (All Ages) | 15 | 18 | 22 | 20 | 512 | 586 | 40 | 39 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Numbers originally notified Total (All Ages) | Ac. pneumonia | Acute encephalitis | Typhoid fever | Paratyphoid fever | Erysipelas | Food poisoning | Smallpox | |||||||||
| Infective | Postinfectious | |||||||||||||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| 2 | 3 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 29 | — | — | |
| Final numbers after correction Under 5 years | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 4 | — | — |
| 5—14 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 4 | — | — |
| 15—44 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | _ | — | |
| 45—64 | 1 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | _ | — |
| 65 and over | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Age unknown | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Total (All Ages) | 2 | 3 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 18 | — | — |
| Numbers originally notified Total (All Ages) | Tuberculosis | Other notifiable diseases | ||||||||||||||
| Respiratory | Other | Meninges & C.N.S. | Total of new cases coming to the knowledge of Medical Officer of Health otherwise than by formal notification. | |||||||||||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |||||||||||
| 69 | 27 | 6 | 5 | — | — | |||||||||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | |||||||||||||
| Final numbers after correction Under 1 year | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | Males | Females | ||||||||
| Puerperal pyrexia | ||||||||||||||||
| 8 | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| — | 88 | — | 88 | |||||||||||||
| 1— year | 1 | 2 | _ | _ | _ | _ | ||||||||||
| 2—4 years | 1 | 1 | _ | _ | _ | _ | ||||||||||
| Total Notifications of infectious and other Notifiable Diseases received during the year. | Ophthalmia neonatorum | |||||||||||||||
| 5—9 | 1 | 3 | — | — | _ | _ | ||||||||||
| 10—14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| 15—19 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| — | 2 | — | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 20—24 | 4 | 4 | 2 | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| 25—34 | 10 | 6 | — | 3 | — | — | ||||||||||
| Anthrax | ||||||||||||||||
| 35—44 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | — | — | ||||||||||
| 45—54 | 18 | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||
| 55—64 | 12 | 4 | 1 | — | — | _ | ||||||||||
| 1967 1,518 | ||||||||||||||||
| 65—74 | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| Malaria | ||||||||||||||||
| 75 and over | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 1966 1,046 | |||||||||
| Age unknown | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||
| Total (All Ages) | 69 | 27 | 6 | 5 | — | — | ||||||||||