London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Wimbledon 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
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Notifications of Infections Disease during the last 10 years.
| DISEASE | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diphtheria | 4 | 4 | 6 | _ | _ | - | -' | - | - | - |
| Dysentery | 2 | - | 2 | 7 | 53 | 36 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 15 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica, acute | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Enteric Fever (including Paratyphoid) | - | 1 | - | 3 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Erysipelas | 5 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| Food Poisoning | - | 5 | 2 | - | 4 | - | 6 | 13 | 2 | 11 |
| Malaria | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Measles | 253 | 481 | 707 | 364 | 758 | 337 | 896 | 18 | 813 | 64 |
| Meningococcal Infection | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 1 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum. | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | _ |
| Pneumonia | 32 | 15 | 19 | 20 | 27 | 24 | 29 | 18 | 21 | 34 |
| Poliomyelitis | 25 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 7 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 4 | 7 | 12 |
| Scarlet Fever | 51 | 95 | 55 | 68 | 136 | 128 | 96 | 49 | 77 | 110 |
| Whooping-cough | 157 | 231 | 149 | 181 | 166 | 112 | 183 | 74 | 139 | 82 |
| 541 | 849 | 969 | 668 | 1,158 | 649 | 1,267 | 200 | 1,074 | 344 | |
| Tuberculosis:- | ||||||||||
| Pulmonary | 87 | 87 | 96 | 102 | 93 | 84 | 104 | 66 | 78 | 44 |
| Non-Pulmonary | 8 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 6 |