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Waltham Forest 1968

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Waltham Forest]

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Table: INFECTIOUS DISEASES - NOTIFICATIONS

INFECTIOUS DISEASES - NOTIFICATIONS

DISEASE1ST OUARTEB2ND QUARTER3RD QUARTER4 TH QUARTERTOTAL.
Scarlet Fever4116111179
Whooping Cough60163218126
Measles2250131105308
Tuberculosis2518252088
Typhoid-----
Paratyphoid-----
Meningococcal Infection--1-1
Acute Meningitis---33
Dysentery25382448135
Ophthalmia Neonatorum--1-1
Puerperal Pyrexia226-10
Acute Pneumonia3911-41
Food Poisoning-1124
Erysipelas553-13
Acute Encephalitis-----
Infective Jaundice--639
Totals219147242210818
Note: In accordance with Statutory Instrument 1366 a revision of the list of notifiable infectious diseases was introduced in October, 1968.

Table: TUBERCULOSIS New Notifications and Deaths during 1968

TUBERCULOSIS New Notifications and Deaths during 1968

AGE PERIODSNEW CASESDEATHS
PULMONARYNON-PULMONARYPULMONARYNON-PULMONARY
MFMFMFMF
Under I year--------
1-4 years-1------
5-9 years--1-----
10 - 14 years--1-----
15 - 19 years32-2----
20 - 24 years2312----
25 - 34 years7223----
35 - 44 years1031-----
45 - 54 years61--1---
55 - 64 years143-31---
65 and over7323512-
4918813722-
Totals672192
8811

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