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Measles
1969 was a "measles" year. The 639 cases notified, although in excess
of the 432 cases notified in 1968, show a considerable decrease on
the 2,695 cases notified in 1967, the previous "measles" year.
Measles immunisation commenced in June 1968 and it would appear
to have had some effect.
Whooping
Cough
Only 12 cases of whooping cough were notified during the year,compared
with 60 in 1968.
Infective
Jaundice
45 cases of Infective Jaundice were notified in 1969 compared with
10 cases in the last six months of 1968, following its classification as a
Notifiable Infectious Disease in June of that year.
Tuberculosis
43 cases of pulmonary tuberculosis and 7 cases of non-pulmonary
tuberculosis were notified during the year. Statistics relating to tuberculosis
are given in Appendix 2.
Venereal
Disease
Returns of Redbridge residents treated for Venereal Disease were
received from 10 centres. These showed that 9 cases of Syphilis and 115
cases of Gonorrhoea attended these Centres.
Full particulars of the returns are contained in Appendix 4.
Ischaemic
Heart Disease
343 males and 199 females died within this category during 1969,
compared with a total of 609 in the previous year when this reclassification
was introduced by the Register General.
Bronchitis
Emphysema
Deaths due to bronchitis and emphysema continued to increase, 148
persons dying from these conditions during 1969, compared with 142 in
1968, and 128 in 1967.
Cancer
Lung and
Bronchus
186 persons died from this form of cancer in 1969. 147 were males
and 39 females, an increase of 13 over 1968. Most of these.occurred in
persons over the age of 55.
Female
Cancers
There were 89 deaths from female cancers, 70 of the breast and 19
of the uterus, wnich showed an increase from similar deaths in 1968.