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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
Chelsea 1953
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1953
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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 1year | 1 and under 5 yrs. | 5 and under 15 yrs. | 15 and under25 yrs. | 25 and under 45 yrs. | 45 and under 65 yrs. | 65 yrs. and over | TOTALS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dysentery | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | ||
| Dysentery (Flexner) | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Dysentery (Sonne) | 29 | 118 | 55 | 10 | 20 | 6 | 10 | 248 |
| Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Food Poisoning | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 23 |
| Malaria | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Measles | 32 | 285 | 213 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 549 |
| Meningococcal Infection | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 4 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | ||
| Paratyphoid Fever | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Pneumonia: | ||||||||
| Ac. Influenzal | - | - | - | - | 2 | 6 | 5 | 13 |
| Ac. Primary | - | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 |
| Poliomyelitis: | ||||||||
| Paralytic | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 |
| Non-Paralytic | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | 3 | |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | 12 | 17 | - | 29 | ||
| Scabies | - | 2 | 6 | 3 | 8 | - | - | 19 |
| Scarlet Fever | - | 14 | 34 | - | 1 | - | - | 49 |
| Whooping Cough | 16 | 159 | 80 | 1 | 1 | - | 257 | |
| TOTALS | 81 | 587 | 396 | 42 | 66 | 24 | 36 | 1,232 |