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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
Chelsea 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chelsea]
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INFECTIOUS DISEASES
NOTIFICATIONS® The following table shows the total (corrected) number of cases of Infectious Diseases received during the year.
| Disease | Under 1 year | 1 and under 5 yrs. | 5 and under 15 yrs. | 15 and under 25 yrs. | 25 and under 45 yrs. | 45 and under 65 yrs. | 65 years and over. | TOTALS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | - | 9 | 19 | - | 1 | - | - | 29 |
| Whooping Cough | 28 | 92 | 52 | - | 2 | - | - | 174 |
| Poliomyelitis: Paralytic | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Non-paralytic | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Measles | 31 | 395 | 221 | 6 | 16 | - | - | 669 |
| Pneumonia: Ac. Influenzal | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | 5 | 7 | 16 |
| Ac. Primary | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | 5 |
| Dysentery | 1 | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 6 |
| Dysentery (Flexner) | 3 | 39 | 7 | — | 3 | — | ||
| Dysentery (Sonne) | 14 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 37 | |
| Paratyphoid Fever | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | — | ||
| Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| Food Poisoning | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | • | - | - | 2 | 5 | - | — | 7 |
| Scabies | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | - | 8 |
| Typhoid | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Meningococcal Infection | 1 | 1 | - | — | — | — | _ | 2 |
| Malaria | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| TOTALS | 81 | 558 | 307 | 14 | 47 | 13 | 11 | 1,031 |