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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 1967

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Redbridge]

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APPENDIX 1

Table: CORRECTED NOTIFICATIONS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES FOR THE YEAR 1967

CORRECTED NOTIFICATIONS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES FOR THE YEAR 1967

NOTIFIABLE DISEASENumber of Cases Notified At ages — Years
At all agesUnder 1 year1 and under 55 and under 1515 and under 2525 and under 4545 and under 6565 and upwards
Smallpox————----
Scarlet Fever13713681152-2
Diphtheria, including Membranous Croup--------
Enteric Fever (Typhoid and Para-Typhoid)3-1-_-2--
Pneumonia32-1651118
Puerperal Pyrexia17---89--
Acute Poliomyelitis--------
Acute Encephalitis1-1-—---
Meningococcal Infection--------
Dysentery54319111109761763715
Ophthalmia Neonatorum22—-----
Erysipelas7----421
Tuberculosis Pulmonary55—43314238
Other Forms6———132-
Anthrax—————---
Malaria — Believed contracted in this country--------
Believed contracted abroad3--111-_-
Measles2695111155610061381-
Whooping Cough202139484110--
Food Poisoning24263733-
Typhus Fever--------
Totals3727148181012931302337934

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•Excludes 205 cases notified by G.P.'s as "Suspected" — but which were not confirmed
on subsequent investigation;
and
18 proved cases which came to the knowledge of the department from other
sources.