Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING 1961. (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 | 7 | 2 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Acute encephalitis - infective | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
post-infectious | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Enteric (paratyphoid) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Eiysipelas | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
Measles | 649 | 23 | 333 | 288 | 2 | 3 | — | — | — |
Meningococcal Infection | 3 | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Pneumonia | 14 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — |
Acute Poliomyelitis - - paralytic | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
- non-paralytic | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Puerperal pyrexia | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Scabies | 8 | — | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — |
Scarlet fever | 24 | — | 7 | 16 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
Whooping cough | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — |
Tuberculosis - - pulmonary | 26 | — | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 11 |
-non-pulmonary | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
Food Poisoning | 5 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Total | 750 | 28 | 360 | 518 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 12 |
The following diseases are notifiable in this Borough:
Disease | Authority for notification |
---|---|
Acute encephalitis | Public Health Act, 1936 (Section 143) Reg.No.2259 by Minister of Health,1949 (1.1.50) |
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 (infectious Diseases) Amendment Regulations 1960. |
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 (1.4.53) |