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Redbridge 1968

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Redbridge]

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APPENDIX 1

Table: NOTIFICATIONS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES FOR THE YEAR 1968

NOTIFICATIONS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES FOR THE YEAR 1968

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 Fever94-27633-1-
Diphtheria, including Membranous Croup--------
Enteric Fever (Para-Typhoid)4---121-
Pneumonia (Up to 31.9.68)37--3121318
Puerperal Pyrexia13---58--
Acute Poliomyelitis--------
Acute Encephalitis1----1--
Meningococcal Infection--------
Dysentery345177778368948-
Ophthalmia Neonatorum33------
Erysipelas4---121-
Tuberculosis - Pulmonary42114413136
Other Forms9--2-52-
Anthrax--------
Malaria — Believed contracted in this country--------
Believed contracted abroad--------
Measles43220231171451-
Whooping Cough602272713--
*Food Poisoning785151628122-
Typhus Fever--------
Infective Jaundice (From 15.6.68)10-1233-1
Totals1,13248379366871458225

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*Excludes 53 cases notified as "Suspected".
Of the total (131) notified, 20 cases were confirmed, plus 2 notified as Dysentery.
A further 77 cases, which came to the knowledge of the department, other than by
Doctor's notification, were confirmed as food poisoning.