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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

Shoreditch 1963

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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Table: CASES OP INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING 1963. (confirmed diagnoses)

CASES OP INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING 1963. (confirmed diagnoses)

NOTIFIABLE DISEASE.Total number of confirmed casesAGES
Under 1 year1-5 years5-15 years15-25 years25-45 years45-65 years65 years +Deaths
Diphtheria---------
Dysentery29191126---
Acute encephalitis- infective---------
post-infectious---------
Enteric (paratyphoid)---------
Erysipelas4---211--
Measles64430328286-----
Meningococcal Infection11-------
Ophthalmia Neonatorum---------
Pneumonia Acute Poliomyelitis-3-1---—2-
- paralytic---------
- non-paralytic---------
Puerperal Pyrexia---------
Scabies3---12---
Scarlet fever14-113-----
Whooping cough213810----1
Tuberculosis -- pulmonary131--32524
- non-pulmonary4--1-21-1
Food Poisoning4--—-4---
Total74036347321817746

Table: The following diseases are notifiable in this Borough:

The following diseases are notifiable in this Borough:

DiseaseAuthority for notification
Acute encephalitisPublic Health Act, 1936 (Section 143) Reg.No.2259 maleby Minister of Health, 1949 (l.l.50)
Acute primary or influenzal pneumoniaPublic Health Act, 1936 (Section 143) Reg.No.299 madeby Minister of Health, 1953 (l.4.53)
Acute poliomyelitisPublic Health Act, 1936 (Section 143) Reg.No.2259 madeby Minister of Health, 1949 (1.1.50)
AnthraxPublic Health (infectious Diseases) Amendment Regulations 1960.
CholeraPublic Health (London) Act, 1936 (Section 192 and 304)
Continued feverDo.
DiphtheriaDo.
DysenteryPublic Health Act,1936 (Section 143) Reg.No. 299 madeby Minister of Health, 1953 (1.4.53)