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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 1969

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Redbridge]

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Table: APPENDIX 1NOTIFICATIONS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES FOR THE YEAR 1969

APPENDIX 1

NOTIFICATIONS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES FOR THE YEAR 1969

NOTIFIABLE DISEASESNumber 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
Measles63927382210137--
Dysentery419218688629567-
Scarlet Fever83-3045521-
Whooping Cough12-642---
Infective Jaundice45-21182031
Tuberculosis - Respiratory43-12514147
Other Forms7-1-14-1
Diphtheria--------
Tetanus--------
Acute Meningitis521-11--
Acute Encephalitis--------
Ophthalmia Neonatorum33------
Acute Poliomyelitis--------
Leptospirosis1--1----
Paratyphoid Fever1---1---
Typhoid Fever--------
*Food Poisoning97221132513194
Malaria - Believed contracted in this country--------
Believed contracted abroad--------
Anthrax--------
Smallpox_---_-----
Totals1,3555553037412315610413

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*0f the total (97) notified, 18 cases were confirmed, plus 2 notified as Dysentery.
A further 22 cases, which came to the knowledge of the department, other than by
Doctor's notification, were confirmed as food poisoning.