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Shoreditch 1961
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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12.
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) |