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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

Chelsea 1959

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1959

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Table: SUMMARY OF NOTIFICATIONS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES RECEIVED DURING THE YEARS 1955 - 1959 (inclusive)

SUMMARY OF NOTIFICATIONS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES RECEIVED DURING THE YEARS 1955 - 1959 (inclusive)

Disease19551956195719581959Average for five years
Diphtheria2----0.4
Dysentery2163497111162161.8
Erysipelas453112.8
Food Poisoning2785137527.4
Measles736183406217416391.6
Meningococcal Infection231121.8
Ophthalmia Neonatorum1----0.2
Paratyphoid Fever2----0.4
Pneumonia : Ac. Influenzal612194910.0
Ac. Primary18242411917.2
Poliomyelitis : Paralytic283323.6
Non-paralytic46--12.2
Puerperal Pyrexia576331463646.6
Scabies12158669.4
Scarlet Fever433834163132.4
Typhoid Fever---2-0.4
Whooping Cough857269203355.8