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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
Havering 1969
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Havering]
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A table giving the age groups of the newly notified cases
of Tuberculosis for 1969 is given below:-
| Age group | Male | Female | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Respiratory | Others | Respiratory | Others | |
| 2-14 | - | - | - | - |
| 15 - 19 | — | — | 1 | — |
| 20 - 24 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 25 - 34 | — | 1 | 3 | - |
| 35 - 44 | 2 | — | 2 | - |
| 45 - 54 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 |
| 55 - 64 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 |
| 65 - 74 | — | — | 1 | - |
| 75 and over | 1 | - | — | — |
| Total | 8 | 4 | 9 | 3 |
This table confirms a highly satisfactory decline in new
cases of respiratory tuberculosis between 1968, 57 cases, and
1969, 17 cases. However, the mortality figures — 7 deaths 1968
vs. 9 deaths 1969 remained more or less static.
Smallpox Contacts
Nine passengers who had arrived in this country from
overseas were referred to the Department during the year for
surveillance. These passengers had arrived at airports/ports
in this country from declared smallpox epidemic areas and were
not in possession of valid international certificates of vaccination
against smallpox. The main reasons why these passengers
were not vaccinated were on the grounds of age, medical exemption,
objections on religious or other grounds. Surveillance and
restriction on movement continues, in such cases, over the
time of incubation of the disease.
Venereal Diseases
The number of new cases of infection included on the
returns for 1968 received from the Treatment Centre at Oldchurch
Hospital totalled 1130 compared with 879 in 1969 as follows.
18