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Diphtheria.
There were no cases notified in 1954.
Paratyphoid or Typhoid Fever.
No cases were notified during the year.
Puerperal Pyrexia.
Eleven cases were notified during the year. Ten cases
were from the Russell Stoneham Hospital. One case was
removed to the Brook Hospital, one to the West Hill
Hospital and one to Joyce Green Hospital.
Meningococcal Infection.
One case was notified during the year, the same as in
1953.
Food Poisoning.
One case was notified during the year.
Measles.
The number of cases notified in 1954 was 8. One case
was removed to Joyce Green Hospital. The number of
cases notified in 1953 was 174.
Whooping Cough.
238 cases were notified during the year. The number
of cases notified in 1953 was 41.
Acute Poliomyelitis.
There were three cases notified in 1954. Two of these
were Paralytic cases and treated in hospital.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
No cases were notified during the year.
Dysentery.
No case was notified during the year. One case was
notified in 1953.
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