[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of].

  • Southwark (London, England). London Borough.
Date:
[1969?]
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    54 NOTIFICATION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES 1968 Age Distribution of Notifications. Disease Under 1 Year 1-2 3-4 5-9 10-14 15-24 24-35 35-45 45-55 55-65 65+ Total all ages Scarlet fever – 7 34 53 7 5 5 1 – – – 112 Whooping cough 32 62 68 84 9 1 1 – – – – 257 Measles 30 146 192 172 10 4 2 – – – – 556 Diphtheria – – – – – – – – – – – 0 Dysentery 8 37 38 53 10 17 16 6 3 5 2 195 Meningoccal infection 1 1 – 2 1 1 – – – – – 6 Acute Pneumonia – 1 – 1 3 2 1 2 5 8 6 29 Acute encephalitis- infective – – – 1 – 1 – – – – – 2 Erysipelas – – – – – – – 1 – 2 2 5 Food poisoning 8 15 7 5 7 32 26 18 17 16 6 157 Tuberculosis-Respiratory – 5 2 3 2 10 19 24 25 22 18 130 Other forms – – 1 – 2 – 6 3 – – – 12 Meninges & Cns. – – – – – – – – 1 – – 1 Pueperal Pyrexia – – – – – 30 32 7 – – – 69 Ophthalmia neonatorum 1 – – – – – – – – – – 1 Acute gastro enteritis 146 337 216 263 147 324 206 156 117 79 40 2031 Infective jaundice – – 1 2 1 5 – – 1 3 – 13 Total 226 611 559 639 199 432 314 218 169 135 74 3576