London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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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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Table: SUMMARY OF NOTIFICATIONS OF INFECTIOUSDISEASES RECEIVED DURING THE YEARS1949-1953 (inclusive)

SUMMARY OF NOTIFICATIONS OF INFECTIOUS

DISEASES RECEIVED DURING THE YEARS

1949-1953 (inclusive)

Disease19491950195119521953Average for five years
Diphtheria1----0.2
Dysentery1011795139260124
Erysipelas967546
Food Poisoning612213102335
Malaria--1-10.4
Measles302318669355549438
Paratyphoid Fever113111
Pneumonia:
Ac. Influenzal201716-1313
Ac. Primary1085161611
Poliomyelitis:
Paralytic111-1225
Non-Paralytic321232
Puerperal Pyrexia1107672923
Scabies1310861911
Scarlet Fever375529614946
Typhoid--1--0.2
Whooping Cough12317017487257162