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Southwark 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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Infectious Diseases (continued) SUMMARY OF NOTIFICATIONS, AGE GROUPS OF CONFIRMED CASES, AND HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS.
| Disease | Cases notified | Rem. to Hospital | CONFIRMED DIAGNOSES Age Groups 1952 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total 1952 | Total 1951 | 0- | 1- | 3- | 5- | 10- | 15- | 20- | 25- | 35- | 45- | 55- | 65- | 75- | |||
| Pneumonia | 58 | 7 | 58 | 40 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 1 | - | 4 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Poliomyelitis: Paralytic | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| † Non-paralytic | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 30 | 28 | 30 | 23 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 12 | 13 | 3 | - | - | - | - |
| Scabies | 34 | - | 34 | 14 | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 10 |
| Scarlet Fever | 311 | 54 | 292 | 143 | - | 25 | 74 | 162 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Typhoid Fever | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Whooping Cough | 178 | 39 | 177 | 289 | 30 | 55 | 42 | 49 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Zymotic Enteritis | 9 | 9 | 7 | 7 | - | 4 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Totals | 1,753 | 340 | 1,696 | 2,532 | 86 | 374 | 399 | 662 | 33 | 19 | 28 | 33 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 15 |
*Notifiable from July to September only.
† Certain of these confirmed cases were notified as other diseases, and diagnoses later corrected.