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Stepney 1951

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]

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Table: Table 11.NOTIFIABLE DISEASES NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1951.

Table 11.

NOTIFIABLE DISEASES NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1951.

DISEASES.Total Cases Notified. In Age Groups.Total NotificationsCorrected TotalCases admitted to HospitalNo. of Deaths+
-11-2-3-4-5-10-15-20-35-45-65-
Diphtheria-111---------3-3-
Dysentery142626161049841622130222216103-
Erysipelas--------2311117176-
Food Poisoning2-----1-121-775-
Malaria------—--1--11-—
Measles74160198235306459123102--1459145945-
Meningoc. Irrfec-13211—--—-1-9991
Ophth.Neonatorum9-----------997-
Pneumonia44341771118222597971578
Ac.Poliomyelitis Paralytic---1--1-1---313-
-Non-paralytic----------------
Puerp. Pyrexia-------3265--343432-
Scarlet Fever-48133360152----13513532-
Enteric Fevor-1-----35---999-
Whooping Cough423629352849312-1-22622319-
Tuberculosis: Pulmonary2142174175441319173173-46
Non-pulmonary----143141111616-3
Scabies---2-5-31341-2828--
Totals:14823627131038164054381456990:6624482434288128

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There were no notifications of Smallpox, Membranous Croup or Acute Encephalitis,
+Deaths reported in 1951 do not necessarily refer to cases notified in that year.