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
City of Westminster 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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Infant Mortality.
| Other Infective and Parasitic Diseases | 1 | 1 | — |
| Pneumonia ... | 3 | 3 | — |
| Gastritis, Enteritis and Diarrhoea... | 2 | 2 | — |
| Congenital Malformations ... | 3 | 3 | — |
| *Other defined and ill-defined diseases | 17 | 14 | 3 |
| Accidents (other than motor vehicles) | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 29 | 24 | 5 |
* This is the Registrar-General's classification; but such conditions
as prematurity, birth injuries and other fatal conditions relating to the
process of birth are included under this heading.
Infectous Disease.
| Disease. | Notifications. | Removed to Hospital. | Diagnosis not Confirmed. | Diagnosis Established. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diphtheria | 1 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Dysentery | 76 | 34 | 8 | 68 |
| Erysipelas | 9 | 2 | — | 9 |
| Food Poisoning | 9 | 1 | — | 9 |
| Malaria (origin abroad) | 6 | 6 | — | 6 |
| Measles | 921 | 116 | 6 | 915 |
| Meningococcal Infection | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| Paratyphoid | 1 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Pneumonia— | 4 | |||
| Acute Primary | 11 | — | — | 11 |
| Influenzal | 5 | — | — | 5 |
| Poliomyelitis— | ||||
| Paralytic | 19 | 18 | 4 | 11 |
| Non-Paralytic | 4 | |||
| Pueperal Pyrexia | 76 | 76 | — | 76 |
| Scabies | 31 | — | — | 31 |
| Scarlet Fever | 33 | 7 | 3 | 30 |
| Typhoid Fever | 1 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Whooping Cough | 127 | 6 | — | 127 |
No cases of the following diseases were notified during the year:
Anthrax; Cholera; Continued Fever; Encephalitis; Glanders; Hydrophobia;
Membranous Croup; Ophthalmia Neonatorum; Plague, Relapsing
Fever; Smallpox; Typhus Fever.