Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1957
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SUMMARY OF NOTIFICATIONS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES RECEIVED DURING THE YEARS 1953 - 1957 (inclusive)
Diseases | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | Average for five years |
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Diphtheria | - | - | 2 | - | - | 0.4 |
Dysentery | 260 | 196 | 216 | 349 | 71 | 218.4 |
Erysipelas | 4 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4.4 |
Food Poisoning | 23 | 19 | 27 | 85 | 13 | 33.4 |
Malaria | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0.2 |
Measles | 549 | 104 | 736 | 183 | 406 | 395.6 |
Meningococcal Infection | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2.2 |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | 0.6 |
Paratyphoid Fever | 1 | 3 | 2 | - | - | 1.2 |
Pneumonia: | ||||||
Ac. Influenzal | 13 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 10.8 |
Ac. Primary | 16 | 24 | 18 | 24 | 24 | 21.2 |
Poliomyelitis: | ||||||
Paralytic | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 3.2 |
Non-Paralytic | 3 | - | 4 | 6 | - | 2.6 |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 29 | 36 | 57 | 63 | 31 | 43.2 |
Scabies | 19 | 34 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 17.6 |
Scarlet Fever | 49 | 26 | 43 | 38 | 34 | 38 |
Typhoid Fever | - | 1 | - | - | - | 0.2 |
Whooping Cough | 257 | 93 | 85 | 72 | 69 | 115.2 |