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 1954
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1954
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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 yrs. and over | TOTALS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Continued Fever | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | |
| Dysentery | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Dysentery (Amoebic) | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Dysentery (Flexner) | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Dysentery (Sonne) | 16 | 97 | 44 | 10 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 189 |
| Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| Food Poisoning | - | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 19 |
| Measles | 8 | 51 | 43 | 1 | 1 | - | 104 | |
| Meningococcal Infection | - | — | 1 | - | - | — | 1 | |
| Paratyphoid Fever | 1 | - | 1 | - | — | — | 1 | 3 |
| Pneumonia: | ||||||||
| Ac. Influenzal | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Ac. Primary | 1 | 1 | - | 4 | 4 | 7 | 24 | |
| Paralytic | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Non-Paralytic | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| PuerperalPyrexia | - | - | - | 18 | 18 | - | - | 36 |
| Scabies | 1 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 34 |
| Scarlet Fever | - | 13 | 13 | - | - | - | 26 | |
| Typhoid Fever | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
| Wooping Cough | 9 | 53 | 31 | - | - | - | - | 93 |
| TOTALS | 38 | 232 | 144 | 38 | 62 | 17 | 18 | 549 |