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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 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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INFECTIOUS DISEASE
Notifications.—Following is a table showing the numbers of
cases of infectious disease notified. The number of cases after
allowing for corrections of diagnosis is shown in brackets.
| Disease | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acute encephalitis (infective) | 1 | (1) | - | (—) | - | (—) | - | (—) | - | (—) |
| Acute encephalitis (post infectious) | — | (-) | 1 | (1) | — | (—) | 1 | (1) | - | (—) |
| Acute pneumonia (influenzal) | 12 | (12) | 12 | (12) | 23 | (23) | 14 | (14) | 23 | (23) |
| Acute pneumonia (primary) | 39 | (39) | 31 | (31) | 32 | (32) | 22 | (22) | 14 | (14) |
| Acute poliomyelitis (paralytic) | 14 | (12) | 6 | (3) | 3 | (2) | 5 | (5) | 7 | (3) |
| Acute poliomyelitis (non-paralytic) | 14 | (14) | 6 | (6) | 5 | (2) | 3 | (-) | 2 | (1) |
| Diphtheria | — | (—) | — | (—) | — | (—) | — | (—) | 1 | (—) |
| Dysentery | 31 | (29) | 86 | (86) | 33 | (33) | 41 | (41) | 25 | (25) |
| Erysipelas | 14 | (14) | 5 | (5) | 7 | (7) | 8 | (8) | 2 | (2) |
| Food poisoning or suspected food poisoning | 69 | (69) | 52 | (51) | 55 | (55) | 105 | (105) | 88 | (87) |
| Infective enteritis | 68 | (68) | 18 | (18) | 11 | (11) | 15 | (15) | 13 | (13) |
| Malaria | — | (—) | 2 | (2) | — | (—) | — | (—) | 1 | (1) |
| Measles | 1,596 | (1,596) | 340 | (339) | 1,204 | (1,203) | 802 | (802) | 388 | (388) |
| Meningococcal infection | 11 | (10) | 7 | (7) | 3 | (2) | — | (—) | 1 | (1) |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | 6 | (6) | 3 | (3) | 5 | (5) | 4 | (4) | 1 | (1) |
| Paratyphoid fever | 1 | (1) | — | (-) | — | (—) | 1 | (1) | — | (-) |
| Puerperal pyrexia | 137 | (137) | 186 | (186) | 202 | (202) | 182 | (182) | 139 | (139) |
| Scabies | 42 | (42) | 35 | (35) | 30 | (30) | 33 | (33) | 22 | (22) |
| Scarlet fever | 41 | (39) | 25 | (25) | 51 | (51) | 81 | (81) | 37 | (37) |
| Smallpox | - | (—) | — | (—) | — | (—) | — | (—) | — | (—) |
| Tuberculosis (respiratory) | 177 | (177) | 220 | (220) | 195 | (195) | 155 | (155) | 149 | (149) |
| Tuberculosis (other forms) | 18 | (18) | 22 | (22) | 15 | (15) | 16 | (16) | 16 | (15) |
| Typhoid or enteric fever | 3 | (3) | 2 | (2) | — | (—) | 1 | (1) | 2 | (2) |
| Whooping cough | 120 | (119) | 102 | (102) | 93 | (93) | 96 | (96) | 49 | (49) |