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 OP INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING 1963. (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 | 29 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 6 | - | - | - |
Acute encephalitis- infective | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
post-infectious | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Enteric (paratyphoid) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Erysipelas | 4 | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
Measles | 644 | 30 | 328 | 286 | - | - | - | - | - |
Meningococcal Infection | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Pneumonia Acute Poliomyelitis- | 3 | - | 1 | - | - | - | — | - | |
- paralytic | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- non-paralytic | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Scabies | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - |
Scarlet fever | 14 | - | 1 | 13 | - | - | - | - | - |
Whooping cough | 21 | 3 | 8 | 10 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Tuberculosis -- pulmonary | 13 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 |
- non-pulmonary | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | - | 1 |
Food Poisoning | 4 | - | - | — | - | 4 | - | - | - |
Total | 740 | 36 | 347 | 321 | 8 | 17 | 4 |
The following diseases are notifiable in this Borough:
Disease | Authority for notification |
---|---|
Acute encephalitis | Public Health Act, 1936 (Section 143) Reg.No.2259 maleby Minister of Health, 1949 (l.l.50) |
Acute primary or influenzal pneumonia | Public Health Act, 1936 (Section 143) Reg.No.299 madeby Minister of Health, 1953 (l.4.53) |
Acute poliomyelitis | Public Health Act, 1936 (Section 143) Reg.No.2259 madeby 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 madeby Minister of Health, 1953 (1.4.53) |