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

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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

Kingston upon Thames 1972

[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.

Table: Comparative Table of Notified Infectious Diseases 1966-1972

Comparative Table of Notified Infectious Diseases 1966-1972

Disease1966196719681969197019711972
Scarlet Fever42332086412721
Measles7361899293283458758221
Whooping Cough163420102517-
Acute Infective Encephalitis:
Post Infective-1---——
Infective-------
Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers11-2-12
Food Poisoning-4-84-
Infective Jaundice--514371620
Dysentery146722710415423
Tuberculosis, Re spiratory27463531293325
Tuberculosis, Other61474136
Leptospirosis---1--1
Acute Meningitis---2-1-
Malaria-----1-