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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
Finsbury 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finsbury Borough]
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(Notification Rates (Comparative Table) per 1,000 population.)
| Finsbury | England and Wales | 160 C.B's. and greattowns including London | 160 smaller towns. Res. population 25,000 to 50,000 at 1951 census | London Adm. County | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Typhoid Fever | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 |
| Paratyphoid Fever | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| Meningococcal infection | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.03 |
| Scarlet Fever | 1.88 | 1.39 | 1.50 | 1.44 | 1.02 |
| Whooping Cough | 10.21 | 3.58 | 3.72 | 3.38 | 3.30 |
| Diphtheria | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 |
| Erysipelas | 0.20 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.13 | 0.12 |
| Smallpox | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | — |
| Measles | 12.93 | 12.36 | 11.27 | 12.32 | 8.09 |
| Pneumonia | 1.71 | 0.84 | 0.92 | 0.76 | 0.73 |
| Acute poliomyelitis (including polioencephalitis)— | |||||
| Paralytic | 0.00 | 0.07 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.07 |
| Non-paralytic | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.03 |
| Food Poisoning | 0.79 | 0.24 | 0.25 | 0.24 | 0.38 |
The Public Health (Infectious Disease) Regulations, 1953.
These Regulations, which supersede the Public Health
(Infectious Disease) Regulations, 1927, and the Infectious Diseases
(London) Regulations, 1927, came into operation on 1st April, 1953.
The new Regulations are similar to the old, but amplify the
precautionary measures provided for in the revoked Regulations
against Food Poisoning:—
(1) by relating these to typhoid fever, paratyphoid fever or other
salmonella infections, dysentery and staphylococcal infection
likely to cause food poisoning;
(2) by applying these measures in general to persons shown to
be carriers of these diseases as well as to persons suffering
from them;
(3) by preventing such persons not only from continuing
employment involving the handling of food or drink, but also
from entering such employment; and
(4) by enabling a local authority to authorise the Medical Officer
of Health to issue notices in emergency, in order to check
the spread of these diseases.