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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
Islington 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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Whooping Cough.
Whooping Cough in 1955 showed an increase, at 363 notifications, as compared
with 263 for 1954. The distribution of whooping cough cases according to their
ages was as follows:—
5 years and
Under 1 year 1-—5 years upwards
No. of Notifications in 1955 49 171 143
Percentage of total notifications 13.5 47.1 39.4
No. of Deaths — — —
The following chart shows the measles and whooping cough position since
1946 :—
Fatality Rates per 1,000
notifications each age group Percentage of notifications
(1946—1955) (1946—1955)
Under 1 1—5 5 upwards Under 1 1—5 5 upwards
Measles 5.44 0.29 — 4.7 58.9 36.4
Whooping
Cough 18.58 2.24 — 12.6 58.2 29.2
Over the ten-year period 58.2 per cent of all cases of whooping cough and
58.9 per cent of all cases of measles were in children one to five years of age.