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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 1959
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1959
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CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEARS 1950-1959
| Notifiable Disease | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 72 | 82 | 87 | 59 | 62 | 113 | 82 | 69 | 52 | 64 |
| Whooping Cough | 267 | 75 | 40 | 124 | 135 | 51 | 43 | 113 | 32 | 14 |
| Acute Polio-Myelitis and Acute Polio-Encephalitis | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | 14 | 2 | – | 2 | – |
| Measles | 367 | 1197 | 716 | 514 | 183 | 1271 | 149 | 1099 | 268 | 635 |
| Diphtheria | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Dysentery | 4 | 131 | 7 | 25 | 56 | 29 | 164 | 7 | 183 | 101 |
| Meningococcal Infection | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | – | 3 | – | – |
| Pneumonia (Acute Primary and Acute Influenzal) | 16 | 28 | 25 | 40 | 19 | 23 | 30 | 32 | 47 | 41 |
| Enteric or Typhoid Fever | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| Paratyphoid Fevers | – | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | – | 1 | – | – |
| Erysipelas | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | Z | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| Food Poisoning | – | – | – | – | 7 | 12 | 19 | 7 | 33 | 47 |
| Tuberculosis— | .. | |||||||||
| Respiratory System | 105 | 89 | 59 | 72 | 63 | 54 | 60 | 76 | 51 | 46 |
| Other Forms | 10 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 6 | – | 9 | 2 |
| Anthrax | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Malaria | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 4 | 18 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | – | – |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | – | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| * Acute Gastro-Enteritis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 194 |
| Scabies | 2 | 6 | 4 | – | 5 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 3 |
| *Notifiable as from 1st January 1959 | ||||||||||
| TOTALS | 863 | 1656 | 980 | 857 | 558 | 1588 | 564 | 1420 | 691 | 1152 |