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Chelsea 1952
Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1952
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INFECTIOUS DISEASES
NOTIFICATIONS. The following table shows the total (corrected) number of cases of Infectious Diseases received during the year.
| Disease | Under 1 year | 1 and under 5 yrs. | 5 and under 15 yrs. | 15 and under 25 yrs. | 25 and under 45 yrs. | 45 and under 65 yrs. | 65 an d and over. | TOTALS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | - | 21 | 39 | 1 | - | - | - | 61 |
| Whooping Cough | 13 | 43 | 30 | - | 1 | - | - | 87 |
| Poliomyelitis: Paralytic | - | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | 12 |
| Non-paralytic | — | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 |
| Measles | 24 | 212 | 113 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | 355 |
| Pneumonia: Ac.Primary | - | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 16 |
| Dysentery | 14 | 47 | 6 | 1 | - | - | - | 68 |
| Dysentery (Flexner) | - | 4 | - | - | 1 | — | — | 5 |
| Dysentery (Sonne) | 11 | 50 | 4 | - | 1 | - | _ | 66 |
| Paratyphoid Fever | - | — | - | 1 | — | — | _ | 1 |
| Erysipelas | - | - | 1 | - | - | 4 | - | 5 |
| Food Poisoning | - | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 10 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | - | 25 | 42 | - | — | 67 |
| Scabies | - | _ | 1 | 3 | 2 | - | - | 6 |
| Meningococcal Infection | — | 1 | - | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| TOTALS | 65 | 392 | 199 | 39 | 56 | 12 | 2 | 765 |