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However, some of the resulting immunity from these injections may
persist for the forthcoming winter.
Number of persons given the Reaction reported
influenza vaccine (if any)
3,320 1
(mild giddiness)
Measles
1968 was a non-measles year but the 432 cases notified, although
expected to be a considerable reduction on the 2,695 cases for 1967, fell
well below the 827 in 1966.
Measles immunisation commenced in June 1968 and although it is
too early to draw conclusions, it would seem that it is indeed having
some effect.
Whooping
Cough
Notified cases of whooping cough fell from 202 in 1967 to 60 in
1968, a figure which compared more with the pattern of 1966 and 1965,
63 and 80 respectively.
Tuberculosis
42 cases of pulmonary tuberculosis and 9 of non-pulmonary tuberculosis
were notified during the year. Statistics relating to tuberculosis
are given in Appendix 2.
Venereal
Disease
Irrespective of the fact that returns of Redbridge residents treated
for Venereal Disease were only received from 8 treatment centres in
1968 compared with 9 in 1967, the numbers of cases known rose to 16of
syphil is and 95 of gonorrhoea.
Particulars of the returns are contained in Appendix 4.
Coronary
Disease
Owing to a reclassification of the causes of death by the Registrar
General there is some difficulty in relating the deaths from coronary
disease in 1967 and 1968 as contained in the table in Appendix 5.
Over one in four of all deaths between the ages of 35 and 55 years
was caused by ischaemic heart disease.
Cancer
Lung and
Bronchus
173 persons died from this form of cancer in 1968, an increase of
seven over 1967. Most of these occurred in persons over the age of 55.