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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

Fulham 1951

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham Borough]

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Table: NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES The following table shows the number of cases of infectious disease notified during 1951 (corrected figures) with the comparative figures for the last five years.

NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES The following table shows the number of cases of infectious disease notified during 1951 (corrected figures) with the comparative figures for the last five years.

Infectious Disease19471948194919501951
Diphtheria17106--
Scarlet Fever9310032712677
Measles63188910995271948
Whooping Cough236368192428450
Acute PoliomyelitisParalytic2723264
Non-Paralytic8-452
Acute Encephalitis----1
Acute Pneumonia7528323270
Dysentery11310107.1
Typhoid Fever-110-1
Paratyphoid Fever-2--8
Meningococcal Infection61437
Erysipelas2325201217
Puerperal Pyrexia111414109
Ophthalmia Neonatorum82641
Epidemic Diarrhoea4140451212
Scabies16067282017
Malaria-----
Food Poisoning771162
Pulmonary Tuberculosis226203245209172
Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis3323231924
16031795210814292893