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Barnes 1959

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnes]

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SECTION 'F' — PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER,
INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES.

Table: Table 6. — Notifiable Infectious Diseases, 1949 to 1959.

Table 6. — Notifiable Infectious Diseases, 1949 to 1959.

Year19491950195119521953195419551956195719581959
Diphtheria-----------
Scarlet Fever382717422129785109
Typhoid Fever1-2--1-----
Paratyphoid Fever-1-1--2-1-1
Puerperal Pyrexia11-41-331--
Erysipelas8428727211-
Continued Fever-----------
Relapsing Fever-----------
Typhus Fever-----------
Small-pox-----------
Cholera-----------
Plague-----------
Tuberculosis, Pul.3237383937272318192819
„ Non-Pul. Ac. Encephalitis (Post621733334-1
Infectious)11---------
Poliomyelitis, Paralytic101-8317411-
„ Non-Paralytic Ophthalmia------12--1
Neonatorum-------1--_-
Meningococcal Infect'n--2--2-----
Measles588124541249306548916606136433
Encephalitis Lethargica-----------
Polioencephalitis-----------
Malaria----2-11-22
Dysentery-34112575-4-35
Pneumonia2113292127113125284761
Whooping Cough155882191362542173762
Food Poisoning---111510115l