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The number of cases of infectious disease notified in the Borough
in the past twelve years is shown in the following table:
Cases of Infectious Disease notified in the Borough.
Disease
1942
1943
1944
1945
1946
1947
1948
1949
1950
1951
1952
1953
Smallpox
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Diphtheria
28
13
17
14
29
11
13
16
3
2
—
—
Scarlet Fever
180
448
228
340
232
133
204
176
294
203
402
238
Enteric Fever
(including
Paratyphoid)
-
1
-
-
-
-
3
8
5
3
2
3
Puerperal Pyrexia
39
41
42
47
35
27
25
27
24
38
70
61
Pneumonia:
Primary
105
123
142
110
114
127
189
163
173
162
100
157
Influenzal
17
40
9
14
16
3
6
10
6
38
28
74
Acute Poliomyelitis
2
2
2
3
4
46
10
34
42
10
21
13
Cerebro-Spinal Fever
5
1
—
6
6
10
2
14
9
2
—
—
Malaria
2
—
—
—
—
1
2
—
4
1
1
3
Dysentery
6
5
24
60
10
5
7
23
24
542
179
132
Erysipelas
36
41
30
26
31
38
32
13
24
17
26
18
Polio-Encephalitis
—
1
—
—
—
6
4
3
—
—
—
—
Tuberculosis:
Pulmonary
223
233
173
194
275
204
206
205
209
210
211
205
Non-Pulmonary
38
51
30
23
33
25
27
32
41
24
29
20
Opthalmia
Neonatorum
8
4
3
3
3
5
-
5
3
6
—
—
Totals
689
1004
700
840
788
641
730
706
869
1258
1069
924
The number of cases of infectious disease originally notified
sometimes varies due to changes of diagnosis and the following
table is therefore given to show the final numbers after correction.
Disease
Disease
Smallpox
—
Cerebro-Spinal Fever
—
Diphtheria
—
Malaria
3
Scarlet Fever
233
Dysentery
73
Enteric Fever (including Paratyphoid)
2
Erysipelas
18
Polio-Encephalitis
—
Puerperal Pyrexia
60
Tuberculosis:
Pneumonia:
Pulmonary
205
Primary
157
Non-Pulmonary
20
Influenzal
74
Ophthalmia Neonatorum
—
Acute Poliomyelitis
13
Total
858