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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
Camden 1965
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camden]
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NOTIFIABLE DISEASES 1965
Table 4
| Disease | Male | Female | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diphtheria | - | - | - |
| Dysentery | 63 | 73 | 136 |
| Encephalitis (infectious) | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Enteric fever, typhoid, | - | _ | . |
| paratyphoid | - | 1 | 1 |
| Erysipelas | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| Food poisoning | 18 | 15 | 33 |
| Measles | 680 | 599 | 1,279 |
| Membranous croup | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Meningococcal infection | 4 | - | 4 |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Pneumonia, acute primary | 13 | 4 | 17 |
| acute influenzal | 2 | - | 2 |
| Poliomyelitis | - | - | - |
| Puerperal pyrexia | - | 13 | 13 |
| Malaria | 1 | - | 1 |
| Scabies | 42 | 31 | 73 |
| Scarlet fever | 16 | 21 | 37 |
| Smallpox | - | - | - |
| Whooping cough | 20 | 11 | 31 |
| Total | 867 | 776 | 1,643 |
| Tuberculosis | |||
| Pulmonary | 92 | 55 | 147 |
| Non pulmonary | 6 | 13 | 19 |
| Total | 98 | 68 | 166 |