Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tower Hamlets, London Borough]
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Total Notifications | Corrected Notifications | Removed to Hospital | Notified in 1965 | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Acute Encephalitis - | ||||
Infective | - | - | - | 4 |
Post-infectious | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Acute Poliomyelitis - | ||||
Paralytic | - | - | - | - |
Non-paralytic | - | - | - | - |
Diphtheria | - | - | - | 8 |
Dysentery | 181 | 181 | 13 | 61 |
Enteric Fever | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Erysipelas | 15 | 15 | 1 | 10 |
Food Poisoning | 49 | 48 | 6 | 42 |
Malaria | 1 | 1 | 1 | - |
Measles | 1,469 | 1,469 | 32 | 2,236 |
Meningococcal Infection | 8 | 8 | 8 | 5 |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 2 | 2 | - | 4 |
Pneumonia | 160 | 160 | 6 | 158 |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 26 | 26 | 26 | 13 |
Scarlet Fever | 95 | 95 | 5 | 171 |
Tuberculosis- | ||||
Pulmonary | 115 | 109 | 146 | |
Non-pulmonary | 25 | 24 | 17 | |
Whooping Cough | 128 | 127 | 8 | 101 |
TOTALS: | 2,276 | 2,267 | 108 | 2,981 |
Claims made to local offices of the Ministry of Social Security covering postal districts E.l, E.2, E.3, E.14 during 1966 were as follows:-
January | 4970 | July | 2909 |
February | 5648 | August | 3188 |
March | 4621 | September | 2908 |
April | 3311 | October | 4642 |
May | 3618 | November | 4185 |
June | 2916 | December | 3712 |
TOTAL | 46,528 | ||
Figures available for 1965 covered only the second half of the year for which period the total was 20,993, compared with 21,544 for the same period this year. |