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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 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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Table 1.
NOTIFIABLE DISEASES NOTIFIED DURING TH3 YEAR 1957.
| DISEASE | CASES NOTIFIED in Age Groups | Notifications | Corrected Total | Admitted to Hospital | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -1 | 1- | 2- | 3- | 4- | 5- | 10- | 15- | 20- | 35- | 45- | 65- | ||||
| Ac.Encephalitis Infective | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Ac. Poliomyelitis-Paralytic | 2 | 3 | _ | — | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Non-paralytic | - | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 7 | |
| Dysentery | 4 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | l | 2 | 2 | - | l | 3 | 34 | 34 | 20 |
| Enteric Fever | _ | - | - | - | - | — | - | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 13 | |
| Food Poisoning | 2 | - | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | - | 2 | 1 | - | 8 | 8 | 4 |
| Malaria | - | - | - | - | — | _ | _ | — | - | 2 | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| Measles | 59 | 196 | 203 | 191 | 263 | 42 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | - | 1399 | 1398 | 108 |
| Lening.Infection | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 6 | 6 | 6 | |
| Ophth.Neonatorum | 7 | - | — | - | _ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Pneumonia | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 26 | 17 | |||
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | — | — | - | - | 7 | 31 | 5 | 1 | - | 44 | 44 | 43 | |
| Scabies | — | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 6 | l4 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 51 | 51 | 2 |
| Scarlet Fever | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 28 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | — | 4 | 4 | 13 | |
| Tuberculosis -Pulmonary | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 44 | 25 | 29 | 8 | 120 | 120 | — |
| Non-Pulmonary Whooping Cough | - 10 | - 10 | 1 12 | 1 13 | - 10 | 2 17 | - 3 | 1 - | 9 1 | - 1 | 2 — | 2 - | 18 77 | 18 76 | 15 |
| TOTALS: | 91 | 225 | 221 | 289 | 531 | 31 | 26 | 120 | 4 | 75 | 37 | 1917 | 1912 | ||
There were no notifications of Smallpox, Membranous Croup, Diphtheria or Acute
Encephalitis (Post Infectious).