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
Camden 1965
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camden]
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Table 5
| 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acute influenzal and primary pneumonia | 74 | 70 | 60 | 40 | 19 | 19 |
| Acute poliomyelitis | 11 | 8 | 5 | - | - | - |
| Acute polio-encephalitis | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Diphtheria or membranous croup | 1 | 2 | - | - | 1 | 2 |
| Dysentery | 336 | 152 | 286 | 278 | 100 | 136 |
| Encephalitis-lethargica | 8 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| Enteric or typhoid fever | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 6 | - |
| Erysipelas | 24 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 10 |
| Pood poisoning | 111 | 57 | 65 | 48 | 57 | 33 |
| Malaria | 5 | 5 | 35 | 26 | - | 1 |
| Measles | 644 | 2,937 | 803 | 1,828 | 1,004 | 1,279 |
| Meningococcal infect | 12 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 4 |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | 5 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 2 |
| Paratyphoid fever | 2 | 1 | 3 | - | 1 | 1 |
| Puerperal pyrexia | 42 | 23 | 70 | 33 | 38 | 13 |
| Scabies | 55 | 49 | 48 | 41 | 60 | 73 |
| Scarlet fever and scarlatina | 69 | 96 | 44 | 40 | 62 | 37 |
| Smallpox | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Tuberculosis-respiratory | 217 | 212 | 163 | 192 | 162 | 147 |
| Tuberculosis-non-respiratory | 25 | 28 | 27 | 19 | 19 | 19 |
| Whooping cough | 267 | 71 | 33 | 99 | 78 | 31 |
*Figures for 1960-1964 axe combined annual figures of notified cases in Hampstead, Holborn and St.Pancras
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