London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Waltham Forest 1965
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Waltham Forest]
This page requires JavaScript
INFECTIOUS DISEASES - NOTIFICATIONS
DISEASE
1ST
QUARTER
2ND
QUARTER
3RD
QUARTER
4 TH
QUARTER
Scarlet Fever
78
44
25
29
176
Whooping Cough
32
26
7
28
93
Measles
3,087
906
141
13
4, 147
Tuberculosis
40
26
28
17
111
Paratyphoid
1
-
1
-
2
Meningococcal Infection
2
-
-
-
2
Dysentery
12
12
3
3
30
Ophthalmia Neonatorum
-
-
1
2
3
Puerperal Pyrexia
16
7
7
17
47
Acute Pneumonia
15
11
5
3
34
Food Poisoning
5
2
1
10
18
Erysipelas
4
7
6
3
20
Encephalitis .
1
-
-
-
1
Totals
3.293
1,048
225
125
4,684
TUBERCULOSIS
New Notifications and Deaths during 1965
AGE PERIODS
NEW CASES
DEATHS
PULMONARY
NONPULMONARY
PULMONARY
NONPULMONARY
M
F
M
F
M
F
M
F
Under 1 year
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1-4 years
-
-
-
1
-
-
-
-
5-9 years
1
2
1
-
-
-
-
-
10-14 years
1
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
15-19 years
4
1
-
2
-
-
-
-
20-24 years
7
5
1
1
-
-
-
-
25-34 years
9
5
1
-
-
-
1
-
35-44 years
10
3
-
3
-
-
-
-
45-54 years
9
2
-
1
-
-
-
-
55-64 years
15
2
-
3
2
1
-
-
65 and over
14
3
1
2
6
2
-
-
Totals
70
24
4
13
8
3
1
-
94
17
11
1
111
12
- 61 -