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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 1956

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1956

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Table: SUMMARY OF NOTIFICATIONS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES RECEIVED DURING THE YEARS 1952-1956 (Inclusive)

SUMMARY OF NOTIFICATIONS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES RECEIVED DURING THE YEARS 1952-1956 (Inclusive)

Diseases19521953195419551956Average for five years
Diphtheria---2-0.4
Dysentery139260196216349232
Erysipelas546454.8
Food Poisoning102319278532.8
Malaria_1---0.2
Measles355549104736183385,4
Meningococcal Infection141232.2
Ophthalmia Neonatorum32-1-1.2
Paratyphoid Fever1132-1.4
Pneumonia: Ac. Influenzal-1346127
Ac. Primary161624182419.6
Poliomyelitis: Paralytic122128 65 3
Non-Paralytic23-4
Puerperal Pyrexia672936576350.4
Scabies61934121517.2
Scarlet Fever614926433843.4
Typhoid Fever--1--0.2
Whooping Cough87257938572118.8