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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 1957

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1957

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Table: SUMMARY OF NOTIFICATIONS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES RECEIVED DURING THE YEARS 1953 - 1957 (inclusive)

SUMMARY OF NOTIFICATIONS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES RECEIVED DURING THE YEARS 1953 - 1957 (inclusive)

Diseases19531954195519561957Average for five years
Diphtheria--2--0.4
Dysentery26019621634971218.4
Erysipelas464534.4
Food Poisoning231927851333.4
Malaria1----0.2
Measles549104736183406395.6
Meningococcal Infection412312.2
Ophthalmia Neonatorum2-1--0.6
Paratyphoid Fever132--1.2
Pneumonia:
Ac. Influenzal1346121910.8
Ac. Primary162418242421.2
Poliomyelitis:
Paralytic212833.2
Non-Paralytic3-46-2.6
Puerperal Pyrexia293657633143.2
Scabies19341215817.6
Scarlet Fever492643383438
Typhoid Fever-1---0.2
Whooping Cough25793857269115.2