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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 1962
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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Notifications of Infectious Disease
| Disease | Notifications | Removed to Hospital | Diagnosis not Confirmed | Diagnosis Established |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diphtheria | — | — | — | — |
| Dysentery | 22 | 9 | 2 | 20 |
| Encephalitis (Post infectious) | 1 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Erysipelas | 2 | 2 | — | 2 |
| Food Poisoning | 16 | 4 | — | 16 |
| Malaria (contracted abroad) | 2 | 2 | — | 2 |
| Measles | 90 | 9 | 1 | 89 |
| Meningococcal Infection | 2 | 2 | — | 2 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Pneumonia— | ||||
| Acute Primary | 3 | 1 | — | 3 |
| Influenzal | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Paratyphoid Fever | 3 | 3 | — | 3 |
| Poliomyelitis— | ||||
| Paralytic | — | — | — | — |
| Non-Paralytic | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 14 | 13 | — | 14 |
| Scabies | 7 | — | — | 7 |
| Scarlet Fever | 6 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Typhoid Fever | 2 | 1 | — | 2 |
| Whooping Cough | 6 | 1 | — | 6 |
Measles
Measles follows a well-established pattern, reaching epidemic proportions
every other year, and it is of interest to note that only ninety
notifications of measles were received in 1962, compared with seven
hundred and ninety-five in the previous year. Nine patients were
removed to hospital, one of whom died, a boy of 6 years.
Poliomyelitis
For the second consecutive year, no case of poliomyelitis occurred in
Westminster. The number of corrected notifications of poliomyelitis,
including polio-encephalitis, for each year since 1947 is given below.
1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 195S 1959 1960 1961 1962
21 16 29 13 1 10 9 4 15 7 5 1 1 1 — —