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 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
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Notifications of infectious Disease during the last 10 years.
| DISEASE | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dysentery | 7 | 53 | 36 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 24 | 11 |
| Encephalitis acute | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 4 |
| Enteric Fever (Typhoid) ... | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Paratyphoid Fever | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Erysipelas | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Food Poisoning | _ | 4 | _ | 6 | 13 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 8 |
| Malaria | — | 1 | _ | _ | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Measles | 364 | 758 | 337 | 896 | 18 | 813 | 64 | 660 | 134 | 627 |
| Meningococcal Infection | 3 | -> | 1 | 1 | 2 | _ | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | _ | — | 1 | _ | _ | _ | — | — | |
| Pneumonia | 20 | 27 | 24 | 29 | 18 | 21 | 34 | 24 | 25 | 18 |
| Poliomyelitis | 12 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 1 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 1 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 25 | 19 | 11 |
| Scarlet Fever | 68 | 136 | 128 | 96 | 49 | 77 | 110 | 59 | 80 | 74 |
| Whooping-cough | 181 | 166 | 112 | 183 | 74 | 139 | 82 | 108 | 10 | 5 |
| 661 | 1.158 | 649 | 1,267 | 200 | 1,074 | 344 | 900 | 306 | 762 | |
| Tuberculosis:— | ||||||||||
| Pulmonary | 82 | 56 | 56 | 65 | 40 | 36 | 44 | 50 | 25 | 26 |
| Non-Pulmonary | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 5 |