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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 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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Table 14. NOTIFIABLE DISEASES NOTIFIED.DURING THE YEAR 1954
| DISEASE | CASES NOTIFIED. In Age Groups | Notifications | Corrected Total | Admitted Hospital | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -1 | 1- | 2- | 3- | 4- | 5- | 10- | 15- | 20- | 35- | 45- | 65— | ||||
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | — | - | - | 1 | 5 | ||
| Dysentery | 7 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 6 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 118 | 117 | 49 |
| Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 3 |
| Food Poisoning | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | - | 25 | 23 | |
| Malaria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Measles | 9 | 28 | 21 | 37 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 144 | 144 | 10 | ||
| Mening. Infection | 3 | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | -. | l | - | - | - | 7 | 6 | 7 |
| Ophth. Neonatorum | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | 10 | 9 |
| Pneumonia | 4 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 19 | 64 | 65 | 6 |
| Ac.Poliomyelitis-Paralytic | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | -- | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Non-paralytic | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Ac.Encephalitis -Infective | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 130 | 14 | - | - | 163 | 163 | 163 | |
| Scarlet Fever | - | - | 8 | 7 | 11 | 29 | 3 | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | 61 | 60 | 8 |
| Enteric Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Whooping Cough | 14 | 18 | 17 | 21 | 19 | 36 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 127 | 125 | 10 |
| Tuberculosis -Pulmonary | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 56 | 26 | 34 | 12 | 160 | 160 | - |
| Non-Pulmonary | - | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 5 | - | 23 | 23 | - | |
| Scabies | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 29 | - |
| TOTALS: | 76 | 69 | 82 | 62 | 140 | 21 | 43 | 231 | 65 | 80 | 37 | 956 | 945 | 281 | |
There were no notifications of Smallpox, Membranous Croup or Acute Encephalitis
(Post Infectious).