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Southwark 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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Infectious Diseases (continued) SUMMARY OF NOTIFICATIONS, AGE GROUPS OF CONFIRMED CASES, AND HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS.
| Disease | Cases notified | Rem. to Hospital | CONFIRMED DIAGNOSES Age Groups:-1951 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total 1950 | Total 1951 | 0- | 1- | 3- | 5- | 10- | 15- | 20- | 25- | 35- | 45- | 55- | 65- | 75- | |||
| † Pneumonia | 39 | 5 | 23 | 40 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 |
| Poliomyelitis: | |||||||||||||||||
| Paralytic | 5 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Non-paralytic | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 23 | 20 | 8 | 23 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 8 | 10 | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| †Scabies | 13 | - | 19 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | 2 | - | 1 |
| Scarlet Fever | 150 | 33 | 149 | 143 | - | 17 | 42 | 74 | 8 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Typhoid Fever | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Whooping Cough | 293 | 62 | 354 | 289 | 51 | 92 | 71 | 71 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Zymotic Enteritis | 9 | 8 | 30 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Totals | 2,613 | 316 | 1,539 | 2,532 | 171 | 777 | 863 | 581 | 30 | 10 | 18 | 29 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 5 |
•Notifiable from July to September only.
†Certain of these confirmed cases were notified as other diseases, and diagnoses later corrected.