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 Kingston-upon-Thames]
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Sonne Dysentery
23 cases occurred during the year; ten of these were of
school age.
Typhoid Fever
2 cases occurred during the year; one in a Tanzanian boy of
7 who had been living in the Borough since July 1971, and one in a 16
year old girl who had recently come from India.
Tuberculosis
There were 25 cases of respiratory tuberculosis and 6 cases
of non-respiratory tuberculosis. Three deaths occurred from respiratory
tuberculosis.
Comparative Table of Notified Infectious Diseases 1966-1972
Disease | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Scarlet Fever | 42 | 33 | 20 | 86 | 41 | 27 | 21 |
Measles | 736 | 1899 | 293 | 283 | 458 | 758 | 221 |
Whooping Cough | 16 | 34 | 20 | 10 | 25 | 17 | - |
Acute Infective Encephalitis: | |||||||
Post Infective | - | 1 | - | - | - | — | — |
Infective | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | - | 1 | 2 |
Food Poisoning | - | 4 | - | 8 | 4 | - | |
Infective Jaundice | - | - | 5 | 14 | 37 | 16 | 20 |
Dysentery | 146 | 72 | 27 | 104 | 15 | 4 | 23 |
Tuberculosis, Re spiratory | 27 | 46 | 35 | 31 | 29 | 33 | 25 |
Tuberculosis, Other | 6 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 6 |
Leptospirosis | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
Acute Meningitis | - | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | - |
Malaria | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |