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Chelsea 1942

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chelsea, 1942

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SECTION VI.—INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
(a) Infectious Diseases Generally.
DISEASES COMPULSORILY NOTIFIABLE IN THE
BOROUGH.
Acute Poliomyelitis.
Acute Polio-encephalitis.
Acute Encephalitis Lethargica.
Acute Primary Pneumonia.
Acute Influenzal Pneumonia.
Cerebro-spinal Fever.
Plague.
Anthrax.
Glanders.
Hydrophobia.
Cholera.
Continued Fever.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
Food Poisoning.
Diphtheria.
Membranous Croup.
Dysentery. *-
Erysipelas.
Malaria.
Puerperal Fever and Puerperal
Pyrexia.
Relapsing Fever.
Small-pox.
Typhus Fever.
Tuberculosis.
Scarlatina or Scarlet Fever.
Typhoid or Enteric Fever.
Measles.
Whooping Cough.
NOTIFICATIONS DURING THE YEAR.
The total number of notifications, excluding duplicates, was 374
Of this figure,48 were notifications of Pulmonary Tuberculosis and
9 of Non-pulmonary Tuberculosis
Table No. 40 shows the total number of cases of infectious disease
notified during the year, the distribution by age-groups, and the number
of cases treated in hospitals. The notifications have not been corrected
for any subsequent revision of diagnosis