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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Bermondsey 1953
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1953
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CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEARS 1944-1953.
| Notifiable Disease. | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small Pox | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 30 | 31 | 22 | 34 | 37 | 65 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Erysipelas | 17 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 |
| Scarlet Fever | 108 | 95 | 82 | 152 | 199 | 85 | 72 | 82 | 87 | 59 |
| Meningococcal Infection | 7 | – | 5 | 3 | 1 | – | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| Acute Polio-Myelitis and Acute Polio-Encephalitis | 1 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 3 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | – | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Anthrax | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Enteric Fever | – | 2 | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| Puerperal Fever | – | 2 | – | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 6 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 19 | 1 |
| Dysentery | 23 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 131 | 7 | 25 |
| Malaria | 1 | 1 | 4 | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| Malaria (Induced) | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Pneumonia (Acute Primary and Acute Influenzal) | 99 | 66 | 54 | 52 | 57 | 43 | 16 | 28 | 25 | 40 |
| Whooping Cough | 224 | 42 | 233 | 297 | 237 | 40 | 267 | 75 | 40 | 124 |
| Measles | 345 | 544 | 521 | 334 | 899 | 771 | 367 | 1197 | 716 | 514 |
| Scabies | 489 | 366 | 253 | 81 | 42 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 4 | – |
| Tuberculosis— | ||||||||||
| Respiratory System | 111 | 126 | 129 | 100 | 105 | 120 | 105 | 89 | 5 | 72 |
| Other forms of Tuberculosis | 18 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 27 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 10 |
| Totals | 1,482 | 1,349 | 1,366 | 1,125 | 1,638 | 1,164 | 863 | 1,656 | 980 | 857 |