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London County Council 1952

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]

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Table: Table 15— Administrative County of London—Notification of certain Infectious Diseases Distribution by age and date of notification —53 weeks commencing week ended 5th January, 1952

Table 15— Administrative County of London—Notification of certain Infectious Diseases Distribution by age and date of notification —53 weeks commencing week ended 5th January, 1952

Four weekly periods 1952Meningococcal infectionDysenteryMeaslesPneumoniaPoliomyelitisScarlet feverWhooping-cough
ParalyticNon-paralytic or not stated
AgesAgesAgesAgesAgesAgesAgesAges
0—45—1415+Total0—45—1415+Total0—45—1415+Total0—45—1415+Total0—45—1415+Total0—45—1415+Total0—45—1415+Total0—45—1415+Total
1—424176020661507671141615220163237314811-299202103112201015327
5—86221012855632491151853433431211341881—232-13128339214882711228402
9—1264414976266228213537638132321131176-----112116343294923062036515
13—16752141284056226347560899981728129176--1111-294240163513171806504
17—2072110544366163504475631,045161912315931-41--1751331922940323610652
21—2423-54927331099671,131292,134813507123-5233876184626632716510503
25—2811137427201231,5591,172312,76571247677231264212102253103652501719433
29—323-2525817501,7961,606263,4381383152142114491017633102229123432511302391
33—362--2391326801,447545192,017583043910163571116347892101802601186385
37—4051-64020268779561691,422141046707892448517992529363225953324
41—4412-3281217571,9022,061233,999181810414053513182111854287621163865254
45—484116471828992,4692,361384,8803435901614691914510212466136922781654447
49—5233-6351623762,8562,768455,6835049234336-2351247143309154681861463335
53rd week42-61638271,3821,279222,6933720801381--1----3364510270381109
Total (53 weeks)533014978203645151,72416,42815,36750532,3823252821,3922,0145657661793760451421,5423,5341825,2713,5271,956785,581

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Note: 1. Where the total figures are in excess of the sum of the age groups, the difference is due to cases 'age not known
2. The totals of these figures will not necessarily agree with the total notifications given in Table 14 which relates to the calendar year 1952.