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Lewisham 1956

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

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59
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
Cholera
Diphtheria
Dysentery (bacillary or amoebic)
Encephalitis, acute
Enteric fever
Erysipelas
Food poisoning
Glanders
Hydrophobia
Malaria
Measles
Membranous croup
Meningococcal infection
Ophthalmia neonatorum
Plague
Pneumonia, acute influenzal
Pneumonia, acute primary
Poliomyelitis, acute
Puerperal pyrexia
Relapsing fever
Scabies
Scarlet fever
Smallpox
Tuberculosis, all forms
Typhoid fever, including paratyphoid
Typhus fever
Whooping cough
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Number of notified cases (corrected for revised diagnosis) during
the year 1956 with comparative figures for the previous six years.

Table: Table 34

Table 34

DiseasesCases notified
1956195519541953195219511950
Anthrax———————
Diphtheria—1—1———
Dysentery579923948416936563
Encephalitis (acute)2——3—51
Enteric or typhoid fever3112—41
Erysipelas20262418192441
Food poisoning464811032332638
Malaria—132112
Measles20639055212082218325462084
Meningococcal infection94610567
Ophthalmia neonatorum2423433
Pneumonia891217718989173108
Poliomyelitis (acute)26631652151138
Puerperal pyrexia57925957886329
Scabies2918145182122
Scarlet fever188158331283379215358
Tuberculosis212271256341307299406
Whooping cough241412449574512819813
TOTALS1709521722633738382255813608