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
London County Council 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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Table (v)—Spread of specific infective sickness
| Disease with minimum and maximum serial interval for secondary cases | St. Margaret's (1.1.55—31.12.56) | Downs (1.1.55—28.5.56) | Downs* (29.5.56—31.12.56) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outbreaks | Outbreaks producing secondary cases | Outbreaks which spread from one floor to the other | Outbreaks | Outbreaks producing secondary cases | Outbreaks which spread from one block to the other | Outbreaks | Outbreaks producing secondary cases | |
| Chicken pox (14-19 days) | 2 | 1 | — | _ | _ | |||
| Common cold (1-3 days) | 15 | 4 | — | 30 | 11 | 1 | 2 | — |
| Conjunctivitis (1-2 days) | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | - | — | — |
| Gastro-enteritis (1-7 days) | 46 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 1 | - | 1 | — |
| Gingivitis (1-2 days) | — | — | — | 4 | — | - | — | — |
| Glandular fever (5-15 days) | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Influenza (1-3 days) | 2 | — | — | 1 | 1 | - | — | — |
| Jaundice (infective hepatitis) (25-35 days) | 1 | 1 | — | — | _ | _ | 1 | — |
| Measles (10-16 days) | 5 | 2 | — | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Pneumonia (1-7 days) | 5 | — | — | 12 | 1 | - | 3 | 1 |
| Poliomyelitis (7-14 days) | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Ringworm (7-21 days) | — | — | — | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Salmonella | 4 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Scabies (1-3 days) | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sonne dysentery (1-7 days) | 17 | 10 | — . | 2 | — | — | 4 | 4 |
| Staphylococcal infection | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tonsillitis (1-5 days) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 12 | 1 | 13 | 4 |
| Whooping cough (7-21 days) | 1 | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | — |
| All diseases | 105 | 31 | 6 | 99 | 31 | 5 | 25 | 9 |
* Charles House closed 28th May, 1956, and, therefore, spread to the other block did not apply.