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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 1960

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1960

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Table: SUMMARY OF NOTIFICATIONS QF INFECTIOUS DISEASES RECEIVED DURING THE YEARS 1956 - I960 (inclusive}

SUMMARY OF NOTIFICATIONS QF INFECTIOUS DISEASES RECEIVED DURING THE YEARS 1956 - I960 (inclusive}

Disease1956195719581959I960Average for five years
Dysentery349711116269132.4
Erysipelas531132.6
Food Poisoning8513751525
Measles18340621741615247.4
Meningococcal Infection311232
Pneumonia: Ac.Influenzal12194949.6
Ac.Primary2424119214
Poliomyelitis Paralytic833213.4
Non-paralytic6--1-1.4
Puerperal Pyrexia633146361939
Scabies1586637.6
Scarlet Fever383416312027.8
Typhpid Fever--2--0.4
Whooping Cough726920336251.2
SUMMARY OF NOTIFICATIONS QF INFECTIOUS DISEASES RECEIVED DURING THE YEARS 1956 - I960 (inclusive}
Disease1956195719581959I960Average for five years
Dysentery349711116269132.4
Erysipelas531132.6
Food Poisoning8513751525
Measles18340621741615247.4
Meningococcal Infection311232
Pneumonia: Ac.Influenzal12194949.6
Ac.Primary2424119214
Poliomyelitis Paralytic833213.4
Non-paralytic6--1-1.4
Puerperal Pyrexia633146361939
Scabies1586637.6
Scarlet Fever383416312027.8
Typhpid Fever--2--0.4
Whooping Cough726920336251.2