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Shoreditch 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING 1959 (confirmed diagnoses).
| NOTIFIABLE DISEASE. | Total number of confirmed cases | AGES | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 year | 1-5 years | 5 - 15 years | 15=25 years | 25-45 years | 45=65 years | 65 years + | Deaths. | ||
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dysentery | 56 | 7 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 1 | - |
| Acute encephalitis - infective | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| post-infectious | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Enteric (paratyphoid) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Erysipelas | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| Measles | 445 | 16 | 245 | 182 | - | 2 | - | - | - |
| Meningococcal infection | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pneumonia | 22 | - | l | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 5 | - |
| Acute Poliomyelitis - - paralytic | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| - non-paralytic | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Puerperal pyrexia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Scabies | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Scarlet fever | 48 | - | 16 | 30 | 2 | - | - | - | |
| Whooping cough | 3 | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tuberculosis - - pulmonary | 34 | - | - | 2 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 4 |
| - non-pulmonary | 5 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | - |
| Food Poisoning | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| Total | 621 | 24 | 292 | 228 | 17 | 24 | 19 | 17 | 4 |
The following diseases are notifiable in this Boroughs
| Disease | Authority for notification |
|---|---|
| Acute encephalitis | Public Health Act, 1936 (Section 143) Reg.No.2259 made by Minister of Health, 1949 (l.l.50) |
| Acute primary or influenzal pneumonia | Public Health Act, 1936 (Section 143) Reg.No.299 made by Minister of Health, 1953 (l.4.53). |
| Acute poliomyelitis | Public Health Act, 1936 (Section 143/ Reg. No.2259 made by Minister of Health, 1949 (1.1.50). |
| Anthrax | Public Health (London) Act, 1936 (Section 192 and 305) |
| Cholera | Public Health (London) Act, 1936 (Section 192 and 304) |
| Continued fever | Do. |
| Diphtheria | Do. |
| Dysentery | Public Health Act, 1936 (Section 143) Reg.No.299 made by Minister of Health, 1953 (1.4.55). |