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Lewisham 1955

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]

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Table: Altogether it will be seen that there have been over 300 confirmed cases of poliomyelitis in the borough beginning with the year 1947. The next table gives various comparisons between each of these last nine years.Table 40

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Altogether it will be seen that there have been over 300 confirmed cases of poliomyelitis in the borough beginning with the year 1947. The next table gives various comparisons between each of these last nine years.

Table 40

Year	Confirmed coses	Division			No. of weeks with 3 or more cases	Type		Sex		Age groups							Result*
		W	N	S		Paralytic	N-P	M	F	0-	/-	5-	15-	25-	45-	65+	Died	Compl. recov.	Paralysed		Unknown
		W	N	S		Paralytic	N-P	M	F	0-	/-	5-	15-	25-	45-	65+	Died	Compl. recov.	Severe	Mild	Unknown
1947 %	76	26	24	26	10	47	29	43	33	2	23	27	11	12	1	—	7	22	20	19	8
1947 %	76	34	32	34	10	62	38	57	43	3	30	35	15	16	1	0	10	32	29	28	—
1948 %	9	3	4	2	1	5	4	4	5	—	2	3	2	2	—	_	—	5	1	2	1
1948 %	9	33	45	22	1	56	44	44	56	0	22	34	22	22	0	0	0	63	12	25	—
1949 %	41	13	13	15	5	29	12	25	16	5	14	13	5	4	—	—	3	14	10	10	4
1949 %	41	32	32	36	5	71	29	61	39	12	34	32	12	10	0	0	8	38	27	27	—
1950 %	38	13	10	15	6	26	12	19	19	1	11	11	9	6	—	_	_	14	12	9	3
1950 %	38	34	26	40	6	68	32	50	50	3	29	29	23	16	0	0	0	40	34	26	—
1951 %	11	3	3	5	Nil	2	9	8	3	—	5	1	1	4	_	_	—_	8	—	1	2
1951 %	11	27	27	46	Nil	18	82	73	27	0	46	9	9	36	0	0	0	89	0	11	—
1952 %	15	3	4	8	Nil	8	7	8	7	_	4	8	1	2	_	—	_	8	4	3	_
1952 %	15	20	27	53	Nil	53	47	53	47	0	27	53	7	13	0	0	0	53	27	20	—
1953 %	52	75	14	13	10	35	17	22	30	3	13	21	10	5	—	_	2	22	13	13	2
1953 %	52	48	27	25	10	67	33	42	58	6	25	40	19	10	0	0	4	44	26	26	—
1954 %	16	3	8	5	Nil	4	12	8	8	1	6	6	2	1	—	_	_	15	—	1	—
1954 %	16	19	50	31	Nil	25	75	50	50	6	38	38	12	6	0	0	0	93	0	7	—
1955 %	63	24	24	15	10	43	20	38	25	5	12	28	8	9	1	_	2	32	8	19	2
1955 %	63	38	38	24	10	68	32	60	40	8	19	44	13	14	2	0	3	53	13	31	—
Total %	321	113	104	104	—	199	122	173	146	17	90	118	49	45	2	_	14	140	68	77	22
Total %	321	36	32	32	—	62	38	55	45	5	28	37	15	14	1	0	5	46	23	26	—

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*The percentages in these columns relate to the traced cases.

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Lewisham 1955

Table: Altogether it will be seen that there have been over 300 confirmed cases of poliomyelitis in the borough beginning with the year 1947. The next table gives various comparisons between each of these last nine years.Table 40

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