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Stepney 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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Table 18.
NOTIFIABLE DISEASES NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1956.
| DISEASE | CASES NOTIFIED In Age Groups | Notifications | Corrected Total | Admitted to Hospital | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -1 | 1- | 2- | 3- | 4- | 5- | 10- | 15- | 20- | 35- | 45- | 65- | ||||
| Ac. Encephalitis-Infective | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Ac .Poliomyelitis-Paralytic | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Non-paralytic | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| Diphtheria | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | - | - | — | — | 1 | — | 4 | 1 | 4 |
| Dysentery | 12 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 12 | — | 4 | 1 | 116 | 115 | 28 |
| Enteric Fever | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Erysipelas | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 7 | — | 8 | 8 | 2 |
| Food Poisoning | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 3 | 3 | — | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 22 | 8 |
| Measles | 23 | 74 | 78 | 75 | 94 | 217 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | — | — | 574 | 574 | 45 |
| Mening .Infection | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Ophth .Neonatorum | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Pneumonia | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 22 | 26 | 79 | 79 | 24 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 51 | 7 | — | — | 63 | 63 | 58 |
| Scabies | — | 1 | — | — | — | 5 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 4 | — | 43 | 43 | 2 |
| Scarlet Fever | — | — | 1 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 34 | 34 | 2 |
| Tuberculosis -Pulmonary | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 7 | 42 | 17 | 30 | 14 | 116 | 116 | — |
| Non-Pulmonary | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | — |
| Whooping Cough | 28 | 37 | 32 | 26 | 27 | 72 | 8 | — | 4 | 1 | — | — | 235 | 235 | 17 |
| TOTALS: | 69 | 142 | 127 | 115 | 138 | 354 | 36 | 24 | 157 | 47 | 72 | 43 | 1324 | 1318 | 207 |
There were no notifications of Smallpox, Membranous Croup, Malaria or Acute Encephalitis
(Post Infectious).
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