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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
Stepney 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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Table 13.
NOTIFIABLE DISEASES NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1952
| DISEASE. | Cases Notified. In Age Groups | Notifications | Corrected Total | Admitted to Hospital | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -1 | 1- | • 2- | 3- | 4- | 5- | 10- | 15- | 20- | 35- | 45- | 65- | ||||
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | l | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | 2 |
| Dysentery | 9 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 4 | l | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 73 | 71 | 33 |
| Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 24 | 24 | 6 |
| Food Poisoning | - | - | - | - | l | 2 | - | l | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 14 | 7 |
| Malaria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| Measles | 61 | 155 | 159 | 167 | 239 | 475 | 14 | 3 | 10 | 1 | - | - | 1284 | 1284 | 54 |
| Mening. Infection | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Ophth. Neonatorum. | 24 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 24 | 24 | 24 |
| Pneumonia | 4 | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 63 | 63 | 10 |
| Ac. Poliomyelitis: | |||||||||||||||
| Paralytic | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 6 | 7 |
| Non-paralytic | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 5 | 3 | 5 |
| Ac. Ehcephalitis, Post Infectious | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | l |
| Puerp. Pyrexia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | 78 | 8 | - | - | 96 | 96 | 96 |
| Scarlet Fever | - | 6 | 10 | 19 | 32 | 110 | 26 | 4 | 3 | - | - | - | 210 | 208 | 49 |
| Enteric Fever | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Whooping Cough | 29 | 18 | 24 | 14 | 20 | 42 | - | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | - | 156 | 156 | 14 |
| Tuberculosis: | |||||||||||||||
| Pulmonary | - | 4 | - | 10 | - | 5 | 3 | 13 | 46 | 14 | 31 | 11 | 137 | 137 | - |
| Non-Pulmonary | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | - | 12 | 12 | - |
| Scabies ... | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 28 | - |
| TOTALS: | 130 | 194 | 209 | 221 | 302 | 658 | 54 | 39 | 177 | 49 | 71 | 38 | 2142 | 2133 | 312 |
| There were no notifications of Smallpox, Membranous Croup or Acute Encephalitis (Infective). | |||||||||||||||