Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1955
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CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEARS 1946-1955.
Notifiable Disease. | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 |
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Small Pox | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 22 | 34 | 37 | 65 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | – |
Erysipelas | 15 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
Scarlet Fever | 82 | 152 | 199 | 85 | 72 | 82 | 87 | 59 | 62 | 113 |
Meningococcal Infection | 5 | 3 | 1 | – | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
Acute Polio-Myelitis and Acute Polio-Encephalitis | 4 | 27 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | – | 14 |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | – | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Anthrax | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Enteric Fever | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 8 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Puerperal Fever | – | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Food Poisoning | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7 | 12 |
Dysentery | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 131 | 7 | 25 | 56 | 29 |
Paratyphoid Fevers | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 1 |
Malaria | 4 | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Pneumonia (Acute primary and Acute Influenzal) | 54 | 52 | 57 | 43 | 16 | 28 | 25 | 40 | 19 | 23 |
Whooping Cough | 233 | 297 | 237 | 40 | 267 | 75 | 40 | 124 | 135 | 51 |
Measles | 521 | 334 | 899 | 771 | 367 | 1197 | 716 | 514 | 183 | 1271 |
Scabies | 253 | 81 | 42 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 4 | – | 5 | 4 |
Tuberculosis— | ... | „ | ||||||||
Respiratory System | 129 | 100 | 105 | 120 | 105 | 89 | 59 | 72 | 63 | 54 |
Other forms of Tuberculosis | 14 | 16 | 27 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 6 |
Totals | 1,366 | 1,125 | 1,638 | 1,164 | 863 | 1,656 | 980 | 857 | 558 | 1,588 |