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Bethnal Green 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green Borough]
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SECTION F
PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER, INFECTIOUS
AND OTHER DISEASES
The total number of notifications received during 1951 was
2063 as compared with 710 in 1950.
There were no confirmed cases of Acute Poliomyelitis during
the year. The number of confirmed cases during 1950 was 6.
The arrangement whereby any variation in the original diagnosis
is notified by the Hospital Authorities continued in
operation during the year, and Table 10 which gives details of
cases notified has again been prepared with a column showing the
corrected figures for each disease after taking into consideration
the latest information supplied by the Hospital and the
elimination of all unconfirmed cases.