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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 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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NOTIFICATIONS OF INFECTIONS DISEASE
| Disease | Notifications | Removed to Hospital | Diagnosis not Confirmed | Diagnosis Established |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dysentery | 61 | 28 | 2 | 59 |
| Encephalitis | 1 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Erysipelas | 5 | 1 | — | 5 |
| Food Poisoning | 16 | 4 | — | 16 |
| Measles | 480 | 53 | 2 | 478 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Pneumonia— | ||||
| Acute Primary | 3 | 2 | — | 3 |
| Influenzal | 4 | 2 | — | 4 |
| Poliomyelitis— | ||||
| Paralytic | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Non-Paralytic | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 32 | 32 | — | 32 |
| Scabies | 14 | — | — | 14 |
| Scarlet Fever | 35 | 3 | 1 | 34 |
| Typhoid Fever | 2 | 2 | — | 2 |
| Whooping Cough | 12 | 1 | — | 12 |
Smallpox
No case of smallpox occurred in the City during 1958. There were as
usual numerous cases of persons who had been in contact with smallpox—
in most cases outside this country. The necessary preventive measures
were taken.
Poliomyelitis
Two notifications of Acute Poliomyelitis (Paralytic) were received
during the year, but the diagnosis was confirmed in one case only—a
non-immunised girl of 2 years.
Immunisation against poliomyelitis was begun in 1956. The number
of corrected notifications of poliomyelitis, including polio-encephalitis, for
each year since 1947 are given below. It will be seen that the numbers
vary greatly and it is not possible to attribute the paucity of cases
during 1958 to the effects of immunisation:—
1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958
21 16 29 13 1 10 9 4 15 7 5 1