London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Paddington 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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INFECTIOUS DISEASE
| Disease | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acute encephalitis (infective) | (—) | 1 (1) | - (-) | - (-) | - (-) |
| Acute encephalitis (post infectious) | 2 (2) | - (-) | 1 (1) | - (-) | 1 (1) |
| Acute pneumonia (influenzal) | 7 (7) | 12 (12) | 12 (12) | 23 (23) | 14 (14) |
| Acute poliomyelitis (primary) | 22 (22) | 39 (39) | 31 (31) | 32 (32) | 22 (22) |
| Acute poliomyelitis (paralytic) | 6 (5) | 14 (12) | 6 (3) | 3 (2) | 5 (5) |
| Acute poliomyelitis (non-paralytic) | 3 (2) | 14 (14) | 6 (6) | 5 (2) | 3 (-) |
| Diphtheria | 1 (-) | - (-) | - (-) | - (-) | - (-) |
| Dysentery | 45 (45) | 31 (29) | 86 (86) | 33 (33) | 41 (41) |
| Erysipelas | 6 (6) | 14 (14) | 5 (5) | 7 (7) | 8 (8) |
| Food poisoning or suspected food poisoning | 90 (89) | 69 (69) | 52 (51) | 55 (55) | 105 (105) |
| Infective enteritis | 17 (17) | 68 (68) | 18 (18) | 11 (11) | 15 (15) |
| Malaria | 1 (1) | - (-) | 2 (2) | - (-) | - (-) |
| Measles | 55 (55) | 1,596 (1,596) | 340 (339) | 1,204 (1,203) | 802 (802) |
| 1 Meningococcal infection | 2 (1) | 11 (10) | 7 (7) | 3 (2) | - (-) |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | 6 (6) | 6 (6) | 3 (3) | 5 (5) | 4 (4) |
| Paratyphoid fever | 2 (2) | 1 (1) | - (-) | - (-) | 1 (1) |
| 1 Puerperal pyrexia | 70 (70) | 137 (137) | 186 (186) | 202 (202) | 182 (182) |
| Scabies | 34 (34) | 42 (42) | 35 (35) | 30 (30) | 33 (33) |
| Scarlet fever | 47 (47) | 41 (39) | 25 (25) | 51 (51) | 81 (81) |
| Smallpox | - (-) | - (-) | - (-) | - (-) | - (-) |
| Tuberculosis (respiratory) | 194 (194) | 177 (177) | 220 (220) | 195 (195) | 155 (155) |
| Tuberculosis (other forms) | 17 (17) | 18 (18) | 22 (22) | 15 (15) | 16 (16) |
| Typhoid or enteric fever | - (-) | 3 (3) | 2 (2) | - (-) | 1 (1) |
| Whooping cough | 203 (203) | 120 (119) | 102 (102) | 93 (93) | 96 (96) |