London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Kingston upon Thames 1970

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kingston-upon-Thames]

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ANALYSIS OF MARRIAGES 1970
1,242 marriages were registered in the borough during 1970.
Of these 438 were Church of England marriages and 804 took place either
in other churches or in register offices.
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
The infectious diseases required to be notified to the Medical
Officer of Health are now:
Acute Encephalitis
Acute Meningitis
Acute Poliomyelitis
Anthrax
Cholera
Diphtheria
Dysentery (Amoebic or
Bacillary)
Food Poisoning (or
Suspected Food Poisoning)
Infective Jaundice
Leprosy
Leptospirosis
Malaria
Measles
Ophthalmia Neonatorum
Paratyphoid Fever
Plague
Relapsing Fever
Scarlet Fever
Smallpox
Tetanus
Tuberculosis
Typhoid Fever
Typhus
Whooping Cough
Yellow Fever

The following table shows the numbers of cases notified during 1970 by age groups:

DiseaseUnder 55-1415-4445-6465 and overAge unknownTotal
Scarlet Fever1124641
Whooping Cough178---25
Measles27417113---458
Dysentery276---15
Infective Jaundice117145-37
Tuberculosis, Respiratory11297_29
Tuberoulosis, other1214
Totals30522953157-609