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Shoreditch 1962
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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13.
CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING 1962. (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 | 35 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 4 | ||||
| Acute encephalitis- infective | |||||||||
| post-infectious | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Enteric (paratyphoid) | - | - | - | - | |||||
| Erysipelas | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Measles | 125 | 8 | 68 | 47 | 2 | - | |||
| Meningococcal Infection | - | ||||||||
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | — | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Pneumonia | 14 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | - | 4 | - | |
| Acute Poliomyelitis - - paralytic | |||||||||
| - non-paralytic | - | - | - | ||||||
| Puerperal pyrexia | 1 | 1 | - | ||||||
| Scabies | 2 | 2 | |||||||
| Scarlet fever | 17 | 5 | 11 | 1 | |||||
| Whooping cough | 6 | 4 | 2 | ||||||
| Tuberculosis - - pulmonary | 24 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 9 | |
| - non-pulmonary | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | |||||
| Food Poisoning | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 233 | 12 | 93 | 85 | 9 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 9 |
The following diseases are notifiable in this Boroughs
Disease
Acute encephalitis
Acute primary or
influenza] pneumonia
Acute poliomyelitis
Anthrax
Cholera
Continued fever
Diptheria
Dysentery
Authority for notification
Public Health Act, 1936 (Section 143) Reg.No.2259 made
by Minister of Health, 1949 (l.l.50)
Public Health Act, 1936 (Section 143) Reg.No.299 made
by Minister of Health, 1953 (l.4.53).
Public Health Act, 1936 (Section 143) Reg.No.2259 made
by Minister of Health, 1949 (1.1.50).
Public Health (Infectious Diseases)
Amendment Regulations 1960.
Public Health (London) Act,1936 (Section 192 and 304)
Do.
Do.
Public Health Act, 1936 (Section 143) Reg.No.299 made
by Minister of Health, 1953 (l.4.53)