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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
Redbridge 1965
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Redbridge]
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APPENDIX 1
CORRECTED NOTIFICATIONS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES FOR THE YEAR 1965
| NOTIFIABLE DISEASE | At all ages | Number of Cases Notified At ages — Years | *Total Deaths | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 year | 1 and under 5 | 5 and under 15 | 15 and under 25 | 25 and under 45 | 45 and under 65 | 65 and upwards | |||
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Scarlet Fever | 228 | - | 55 | 155 | 9 | 5 | 4 | - | - |
| Diphtheria, including Membranous Croup | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Enteric Fever (Typhoid and Para-Typhoid) | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Pneumonia | 64 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 14 | 9 | 248 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 11 | - | - | - | 4 | 7 | - | - | - |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Acute Encephalitis | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Meningococcal Infection | 4 | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| Dysentery | 314 | 19 | 70 | 49 | 63 | 83 | 26 | 4 | - |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Erysipelas | 22 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 3 | 11 | 6 | - |
| Pemphigus Neonatorum | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tuberculosis Pulmonary | 69 | - | - | 1 | 11 | 18 | 25 | 14 | 16 |
| Other Forms | 13 | - | - | - | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Anthrax | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Malaria — Believed contracted in this country | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | -_ |
| Believed contracted abroad | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Acute Rheumatism | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Measles | 3,393 | 119 | 1,872 | 1,382 | 11 | 9 | - | - | - |
| Whooping Cough | 80 | 9 | 46 | 25 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Food Poisoning | 17 | - | 2 | 2 | - | 11 | 1 | 1 | - |
| Typhus Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Totals | 4,222 | 153 | 2,052 | 1,618 | 1ll | 168 | 84 | 36 | 265 |
*Included in the figures in this column are cases notified in previous years
as well as 1965.