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Bexley 1955

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bexley]

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The following table gives the particulars concerning the cases of Infectious Diseases (other than Tuberculosis) notified in the area during the year.

NOTIFIABLE DISEASES (Other than Tuberculosis) DURING THE YEAR 1955.

DISEASE.Total cases notifiedUnder 11 to 23 to 45 to 910 to 1415 to 2425 & overAge unknownCases admitted to HospitalTotal Deaths
Smallpox---------
Scarlet Fever48543422i-5-
Diphtheria-------
Puerperal Pyrexia945-5
Ophthalmia Neonatorum----
Acute Paralytic Poliomyelitis8112138
Acute Non-Paralytic Poliomyelitis133225112
Pneumonia2923321-91
Erysipelas18117-
Food Poisoning14111110--
Dysentery312--1
Typhoid Fever------
Paratyphoid Fever2112
Meningococcal Infection1I1
Measles1,7622931239399321865
Whooping Cough17610354880211-
Scabies522-1---
Malaria22
Totals2,090403594521,121331669491