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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 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finsbury Borough]
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57
SECTION F
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
General
The incidence of infectious disease at no time during the year
gave rise to any serious concern.
The London County Council(General Powers) Act 1956 Section 61
deleted reference to "continued" fever in the Public Health(London)
Act, 1936, both as a notifiable and dangerous infectious disease.
All cases notified were visited by the Infectious Diseases Nurse/
Visitor and energetic measures taken wherever indicated to ensure
adequate minimization of danger of infection to others.
The number of visits made by the Infectious Diseases Nurs/Visitor
in 1956 was 2,325.
The following table shows the incidence of notifiable diseases in 1956:-
| All Ages | Under 1 yr. | 1-4 yrs. | 5-14 yrs. | 15-24 yrs. | 25-44 yrs. | 45-64 yrs. | 65- | Cases treated in Hosp. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acute Pneumonia | 58 | 7 | 10 | 7 | - | 10 | 14 | 10 | 57 |
| Dysentery | 203 | 10 | 61 | 73 | 9 | 34 | 10 | 6 | 58 |
| Erysipelas | 6 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Pood Poisoning | 33 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| Gastro enteritis(under 2 yrs) | 29 | 21 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | 26 |
| Malaria | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Measles | 310 | 18 | 169 | 118 | 3 | 2 | - | - | 42 |
| Meningococcal Infection | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Whooping Cough | 145 | 30 | 65 | 49 | 1 | - | - | - | 55 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Scabies | 26 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 1 | - | - |
| Scarlet Fever | 28 | - | 11 | 16 | - | 1 | - | - | 17 |
| Typhoid | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Tuberculosis(Pulmonary) | 37 | - | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 7 | - |
| Tuberculosis (Non-Pulmonary) | 5 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Poliomyelitis(Paralytic) | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Total | 889 | 94 | 332 | 285 | 29 | 76 | 46 | 27 | 276 |