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Lewisham 1954

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]

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52
SECTION "F" — PREVALENCE OF and CONTROL OVER
INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES
PRINCIPAL NOTIFIABLE DISEASES
The undermentioned diseases are notifiable by medical practitioners to the
Medical Officer of Health:—
Anthrax Ophthalmia neonatorum
Cholera Plague
Continued fever Pneumonia, acute influenzal
Diphtheria Pneumonia, acute primary
Dysentery (bacillary or amoebic) Poliomyelitis, acute
Encephalitis, acute Puerperal pyrexia
Enteric fever Relapsing fever
Erysipelas Scabies
Food poisoning Scarlet fever
Glanders Smallpox
Hydrophobia Tuberculosis, all forms
Malaria Typhoid fever, including paratyphoid
Measles Typhus fever
Membranous croup Whooping cough
Meningococcal infection

Table: INFECTIOUS DISEASESNumber of notified cases (corrected for revised diagnosis) during the year 1954 with comparative figures for the previous six years.Table 37

INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Number of notified cases (corrected for revised diagnosis) during the year 1954 with comparative figures for the previous six years.

Table 37

DiseasesCases notified
1954195319521951195019491948
Anthrax-----1-
Diphtheria-1—--35
Dysentery3948416936563924
Encephalitis (acute)-3-51--
Enteric or typhoid fever12-4132
Erysipelas24181924413533
Food poisoning110323326385012
Malaria3211212
Measles521208221832546208419402642
Meningococcal infection61056735
Ophthalmia neonatorum2343369
Pneumonia77189891731088467
Poliomyelitis (acute)1652151138359
Puerperal pyrexia59578863292750
Scabies1451821222954
Scarlet fever331283379215358521332
Smallpox-------
Tuberculosis256341307299406371502
Whooping cough449574512819813363789
TOTALS2263373838225581360831094035