London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Bethnal Green 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green Borough]
This page requires JavaScript
-39-
TABLE 10
INFECTIOUS DISEASE
| DISEASE | 0-1 year | NOTIFICATIONS | Total notified | Corrected figures | Removed to Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1-2 years | 3 - 4 years | 5-14 years | 15-24 years | 25-44 years | 45-64 years | 65 - years | |||||
| Diphtheria | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | _ | _ | 2 | - | 2 |
| Scarlet Fever | - | 5 | 11 | 18 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 37 | 35 | 13 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 2 | 2 | - |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | 9 | 2 |
| Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 |
| Meningococcal Infection | l | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | - | l | 3 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 5 | 3 | 5 |
| Acute Pneumonia | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | - |
| Dysentery | l | 12 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 47 | 43 | 12 |
| Measles | 14 | 71 | 115 | 138 | 2 | - | - | - | 340 | 337 | 29 |
| Whooping Cough | 11 | 21 | 22 | 34 | - | 1 | - | - | 89 | 88 | 10 |
| Scabies | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | - | 11 | 11 | - |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | - | 2 | - | 4 | 13 | 19 | 20 | 6 | 64 | 64 | - |
| Meninges and C.N.S. | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| Other forms | - | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | 2 | - | 7 | 7 | - |
| TOTALS | 36 | 113 | 163 | 208 | 29 | 39 | 27 | 9 | 624 | 609 | 77 |
In addition to the above, four notifications of Malaria were received: the disease had occurred in
National Servicemen recently returned from abroad where the disease was stated to have been contracted.