London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Finchley 1963
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finchley]
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Ages of Cases of Infectious Diseases Notified
| DISEASE | Under 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5/9 | 10/ 14 | 15/ 24 | 25/ 34 | 35/ 44 | 45/ 64 | 65 + |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | — | — | — | — | 4 | 3 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Whooping Cough | 6 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 2 | — | — | — | — | |
| Poliomyelitis : | ||||||||||||
| Paralytic — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Non-Paralytic | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Measles | 15 | 56 | 88 | 117 | 104 | 332 | 12 | 12 | 3 | — | — | — |
| Diphtheria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dysentery | — | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 6 | — | — | — |
| Meningococcal Infection | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7 |
| Pneumonia | 1 | — | —- | — | 1 | 4 | — | i | — | — | — | — |
| Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Encephalitis: | ||||||||||||
| Infective | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Post-Infectious | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Typhoid Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Paratyphoid Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Erysipelas | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Food Poisoning | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | — |
| Tuberculosis : | ||||||||||||
| Respiratory | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4 |
| Meninges & C.N.S. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Other | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | 1 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 13 | 3 | 2 | — | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Anthrax | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| TOTALS | 25 | 62 | 94 | 127 | 113 | 365 | 23 | 36 | 17 | 6 | 9 | 7 |
The following table shows the number of notifications and the number of deaths during the past 10 years :—
| Year | New Cases | Deaths | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary.A/C | |||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| 1954 | 29 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | — | — |
| 1955 | 27 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1956 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | — | — |
| 1957 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 5 | — | — | |
| 1958 | 19 | 10 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — |
| 1959 | 14 | 9 | — | 3 | 2 | — | — | — |
| 1960 | 15 | 10 | — | 1 | 6 | 2 | — | — |
| 1961 | 19 | 14 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| 1962 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | — | — |
| 1963 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 |