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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

Hillingdon 1971

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hillingdon]

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Table: Infectious DiseasesDr. C. Lydon— Deputy Medical Officer of HealthThe following tables show the number of cases of infectious diseases notified to the department during 1971:

Infectious Diseases

Dr. C. Lydon— Deputy Medical Officer of Health

The following tables show the number of cases of infectious diseases notified to the department during 1971:

DISEASESAges of Cases NotifiedTotalsDeaths
Under One Year1 to 23 to 45 to 910 to 1415 to 2425 and Over1971197019711970
Scarlet Fever920436719169
Diphtheria
Whooping Cough222620557513549
Measles3328235750719461,2081,256
Meningococcal Infection12253
Poliomyelitis
(Paralytic)
(Non-Paralytic)
Acute Encephalitis
Infective12369
Post Infective2
Smallpox
Tetanus11
Typhoid3
Paratyphoid1122
Dysentery54315203868
Food Poisoning11111652549
Malaria123
Infective Jaundice6323215368
Ages of Cases NotifiedTotal
Under One YearOne Year2 to 45 to 910 to 1415 to 1920 to 2425 to 3435 to 4445 to 5455 to 6465 to 7475 and Over
Tuberculosis Pulmonary242225943127153
Non-Pulmonary124315319

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For the twenty-second consecutive year, no case of diphtheria has developed in this area
and it is now eleven years since a case of poliomyelitis was notified.
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