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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 1966
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Redbridge]
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APPENDIX 1
CORRECTED NOTIFICATIONS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES FOR THE YEAR 1966
| 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 | 145 | 3 | 37 | 94 | 11 | — | — | — | — |
| Diphtheria, including Membranous Croup | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enteric Fever (Typhoid and Para-Typhoid) | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pneumonia | 20 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 12 | 6 | — |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 4 | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Acute Encephalitis | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Meningococcal Infection | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dysentery | 294 | 9 | 56 | 40 | 35 | 81 | 51 | 22 | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Erysipelas | 6 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 3 | 2 | — |
| Tuberculosis Pulmonary | 68 | — | 1 | 2 | 13 | 22 | 28 | 2 | — |
| Other Forms | 6 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Anthrax | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Malaria — Believed contracted in this country | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Believed contracted abroad | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Measles | 827 | 21 | 447 | 350 | 9 | — | — | — | — |
| Whooping Cough | 63 | 1 | 39 | 20 | 3 | — | — | — | — |
| Food Poisoning | 12 | — | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | — | 1 | — |
| Typhus Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Totals | 1,450 | 36 | 584 | 515 | 76 | 111 | 95 | 33 | — |