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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

Tower Hamlets 1966

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tower Hamlets, London Borough]

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Table: TABLE 7INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFICATIONS

TABLE 7

INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFICATIONS

Total NotificationsCorrected NotificationsRemoved to HospitalNotified in 1965
Acute Encephalitis -
Infective---4
Post-infectious1112
Acute Poliomyelitis -
Paralytic----
Non-paralytic----
Diphtheria---8
Dysentery1811811361
Enteric Fever1113
Erysipelas1515110
Food Poisoning4948642
Malaria111-
Measles1,4691,469322,236
Meningococcal Infection8885
Ophthalmia Neonatorum22-4
Pneumonia1601606158
Puerperal Pyrexia26262613
Scarlet Fever95955171
Tuberculosis-
Pulmonary115109146
Non-pulmonary252417
Whooping Cough1281278101
TOTALS:2,2762,2671082,981

Table: TABLE 8MORBIDITY - First Claims for Sickness BenefitClaims 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:-

TABLE 8

MORBIDITY - First Claims for Sickness Benefit

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:-

January4970July2909
February5648August3188
March4621September2908
April3311October4642
May3618November4185
June2916December3712
TOTAL46,528
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.