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London County Council 1953

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

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Table: Table 15— Notification of certain infectious diseases—distribution by age and date of notification—Administrative County of London,52 weeks commencing week ended 10th January, 1953

Table 15— Notification of certain infectious diseases—distribution by age and date of notification—Administrative County of London,52 weeks commencing week ended 10th January, 1953

Four-weekly periods 1953Meningococcal 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—45511154825874,1852,2311216,54776393164381236—2—210519210308326179—506
5—8912127730251323,4023,1001006,6194445536632—41511—277195152873011822486
9—12961166265391683,2072,2071355,5613533160229231624—6952511736546135512829
13—1613—1148648491832,1691,1561133,448232816221553513—11288171232844263088743
17—204—261789572348887482621,433106921084149231688205173105333878930
21—2421251507882310623413261,0636135675253101113841717262571472101,054
25—28—112157951043583761401453110540551210628796226818910269852585171,457
29—32511754253211117671102581194061201216499141942571106173934550191,509
33—361124732424121811419686253911210234751647505103968432141,416
37—401—236441341393511349101248711489313128235213151895242319767
41—4462—810651582155517—7321128912358417373138918532773251398472
45—487221110873432244320366572389169611815399222383233181445469
49—52411612987642822612—38662990186212511249215262512411117360
Total (52 weeks)6621181051,2987206512,67815,2659,87458825,7823772601,7432,4018460652103467491501,0342,2251323,4016,7804,07511910,998

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Notes: 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 1953.