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Tower Hamlets 1968
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tower Hamlets, London Borough]
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| Corrected Notifications | Removed to Hospital | Notified in 1967 | Notified in 1966 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acute Encephalitis | ||||
| Infective | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Post-infectious | 2 | 2 | - | 1 |
| Acute Meningitis (from 1.10.68) | 2 | 2 | NN | NN |
| Acute Poliomyelitis Paralytic | - | - | - | - |
| Non-paralytic | - | - | - | - |
| Anthrax | - | - | - | - |
| Cholera | - | - | - | - |
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - |
| Dysentery | 40 | 17 | 49 | 181 |
| Erysipelas (to 30.9.68) | 7 | - | 11 | 15 |
| Food Poisoning | 53 | 3 | 80 | 48 |
| Infective Jaundice (from 15.6.68) | 68 | 10 | NN | NN |
| Leprosy | - | - | - | - |
| Leptospirosis (from 1.10.68) | - | - | NN | NN |
| Malaria | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Measles | 616 | 38 | 1,690 | 1,469 |
| Meningococcal Infection (to 30.9.68) | - | - | - | 8 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | - | - | 2 | |
| Paratyphoid Fever | - | - | - | - |
| Plague | - | - | - | - |
| Pneumonia (to 30.9.68) | 110 | 10 | 124 | 160 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia (to 30.9.68) | 25 | 25 | 15 | 26 |
| Relapsing Fever | - | • | - | - |
| Scarlet Fever | 83 | 1 | 91 | 95 |
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - |
| Tetanus (from 1.10.68) | - | - | NN | NN |
| Tuberculosis Pulmonary | 102 | _ | 102 | 109 |
| Non-pulmonary | 19 | - | 13 | 24 |
| Typhoid fever | 2 | 2 | - | 1 |
| Whooping Cough | 66 | 10 | 89 | 127 |
| Yellow Fever (from 1.10.68) | - | - | NN | NN |
| TOTALS: | 1,197 | 122 | 2,266 | 2,267 |
| NN=Not notifiable | ||||
The number of Claims made to local offices of the Ministry of Social Security covering postal districts E.1, E.2, E.3, and E.14, were as follows:-
| 1968 | 1967 | 1966 | 1968 | 1967 | 1966 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7,401 | 4,411 | 4,970 | July | 3,311 | 2,625 | 2,909 |
| February | 3,279 | 3,797 | 5,648 | August | 2,977 | 2,506 | 3,188 |
| March | 4,079 | 2,989 | 4,621 | September | 3,037 | 4,105 | 2,908 |
| April | 3,832 | 3,951 | 3,311 | October | 4,456 | 3,584 | 4,642 |
| May | 3,193 | 2,844 | 3,618 | November | 3,781 | 3,550 | 4,185 |
| June | 2,796 | 3,572 | 2,916 | December | 4,041 | 5,191 | 3,712 |
| TOTALS | 46,183 | 43,125 | 46,628 |
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