Table: CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING 1952 (confirmed diagnosis)
CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING 1952 (confirmed diagnosis)
NOTIFIABLE DISEASE | Total number of confirmed cases | AGES. | Deaths. |
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Under 1 year | 1-5 years | 5-15 years | 15-25 years | 25 - 4b years | 45 - 65 years | 65 years (plus) |
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Scarlet fever | 85 | _ | 34 | 49 | 2 | - | - | - | - |
Diphtheria | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Paratyphoid | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
Puerperal pyrexia | 7 | - | - | - | 3 | 4 | - | - | - |
Acute primary and influenzal pneumonia | 33 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 2 | - |
Erysipelas | 8 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 5 | - |
Meningococcal infection | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Ophthalmia neonatorum | 9 | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Acute poliomyelitis - paralytic | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- non-paralytic | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
Dysentery | 58 | 3 | 23 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 3 | - |
Measles | 712 | 24 | 417 | 268 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - |
Whooping cough | 101 | 14 | 61 | 26 | - | - | - | - | - |
Scabies | 4 | - | - | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | - |
Totals | 1024 | 53 | 542 | 358 | 18 | 22 | 21 | 10 | - |
Tuberculosis - pulmonary | 56 | - | - | 2 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 8 | 13 |
- non-pulmonary | 6 | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
Food Poisoning | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
Table: The following diseases are notifiable in this Borough:
The following diseases are notifiable in this Borough:
Disease | Authority for notification. |
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Acuta encephalitis | Public Health Act,1936 (Section 143) Reg,No.2259 made by Minister of Health, 1949 (1.1.50) |
Acute primary or influenzal pneumonia | Public Health Act,1936 (Section 143) Reg.No. 1207 made by Minister of Health,. 1927 (1.1.28) |
Acute poliomyelitis | Public Health Act,1936 (Section 143) Reg.No.2259 made by Minister of Health, 1949 (1.1.50) |
Anthrax | Public Health (London) Act, 1936 (Section 192 and 305) |
Cholera | Public Health (London) Act, 1936 (Section 192 and 304) |
Continued fever | Do |
Diphtheria | Do |
Dysentery | Public Health Act, 1936 (Section 143) Reg.No.1207 made by Minister of Health, 1927 (1.1.28). |