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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
Ealing 1968
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]
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Table 1 continued
| Tuberculosis | Infective jaundice | *Puerperal pyrexia up to 1.10. 68 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | Meninges and central nervous system | Other | |||||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | - | |
| Numbers originally notified | 83 | 54 | - | - | 23 | 30 | 34 | 16 | 2 |
| Under 5 years | 4 | 9 | _ | _ | _ | - | - | _ | - |
| 5-14 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | -- |
| 15 - 24 | 7 | 13 | - | - | 4 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 2 |
| 25 - 44 | 33 | 17 | - | - | 17 | 16 | 6 | 1 | - |
| 45 - 64 | 22 | 8 | - | - | - | 2 | 4 | - | - |
| 65 and over | 13 | 3 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - |
| Age unknown | 2 | 2 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| Total | 83 | 54 | - | - | 24 | 30 | 34 | 16 | 2 |
There were no cases of acute encephalitis, anthrax, cholera, diphtheria, leptospirosis, ophthalmia neonatorum,
plague poliomyelitis relapsing fever smallpox tetanus, typhus and yellow fever.
*The following diseases ceased to be notifiable as from 1st October, 1968 - acute influenzal pneumonia, acute primary
pneumonia, acute rheumatism, erysipelas, membranous croup and puerperal pyrexia.