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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 1955
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1955
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SUMMARY OF NCTIFICATIONS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES RECEIVED DURING THE YEARS 1951 - 1955 (inclusivel)
| Diseases | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | Average, for five years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | 2 | 0.4 |
| Dysentery | 95 | 139 | 260 | 196 | 216 | 181.2 |
| Erysipelas | 7 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 5.2 |
| Food Poisoning | 13 | 10 | 23 | 19 | - | 18.4 |
| Malaria | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 0.4 |
| Measles | 669 | 355 | 549 | 104 | 736 | 482.6 |
| Mening ocoecal Infection | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | - | 3 | 2 | - | 1 | 1.2 |
| Paratyphoid Ferrer | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Pneumonia: Ac. Influenzal | 16 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 7.8 | |
| Ac. Primary | 5 | 16 | 16 | 24 | 18 | 15.8 |
| Polionyelitiss Paralytic | - | 12 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3.4 |
| Ncn-Paralytic | 1 | 2 | 3 | - | 4 | 2.0 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 7 | 67 | 29 | 36 | 57 | 39.2 |
| Scabies | 8 | 6 | 19 | 34 | 12 | 15.8 |
| Scarlet Fever | 29 | 61 | 49 | 26 | 43 | 41.6 |
| typhoid | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 0.4 |
| Whooping Cough | 174 | 87 | 257 | 93 | 85 | 139.2 |