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Tower Hamlets 1967
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tower Hamlets, London Borough]
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TABLE 8
INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFICATIONS
| Total Notifications | Corrected Notifications | Removed to Hospital | Notified in 1966 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acute Encephalitis - | ||||
| Infective | - | - | - | - |
| Post-infectious | - | - | - | 1 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis - | ||||
| Paralytic | - | - | - | - |
| Non-paralytic | - | - | - | - |
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - |
| Dysentery | 49 | 50 | 11 | 181 |
| Enteric Fever | - | - | - | 1 |
| Erysipelas | 11 | 11 | - | 15 |
| Food Poisoning | 80 | 78 | 6 | 48 |
| Malaria | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Measles | 1,690 | 1,690 | 8 | 1,469 |
| Meningococcal Infection | - | - | - | 8 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Pneumonia | 124 | 124 | 17 | 160 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 15 | 15 | 15 | 26 |
| Scarlet Fever | 91 | 91 | 3 | 95 |
| Tuberculosis | ||||
| Pulmonary | 102 | 102 | 109 | |
| Non-pulmonary | 13 | 13 | 24 | |
| Whooping Cough | 89 | 89 | 3 | 127 |
| TOTALS: | 2,266 | 2,265 | 65 | 2,267 |
TABLE 9
Claims made to local offices of the Ministry of Social Security covering postal districts E. 1, E. 2, E. 3, E. 14 during 1967 were as follows:-
| January | 4411 | (4970) | July | 2625 | (2909) |
| February | 3797 | (5648) | August | 2506 | (3188) |
| March | 2989 | (4621) | September | 4105 | (2908) |
| April | 3951 | (3311) | October | 3584 | (4642) |
| May | 2844 | (3618) | November | 3550 | (4185) |
| June | 3572 | (2916) | December | 5191 | (3712) |
| TOTAL | 43125 | (46528) | |||
| Comparative figures for 1966 are shown in brackets | |||||
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