Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1956.

  • Bermondsey (London, England). Metropolitan Borough.
Date:
[1957]
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Credit: Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1956. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    (23) 1954 1955 1956 - - - 1 1 - - 7 7 7 4 82 59 62 113 82 1 6 1 - 2 1 14 2 1 1 1 - - - - - - - - - 1 1 1 - - - - - 7 12 19 25 56 29 164 - 2 1 - - - - 19 30 23 135 51 43 183 1271 149 5 4 4 63 60 54 10 6 6 Totals 1,125 1,638 1,164 1,656 980 857 1,588 564 863 558 CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEARS 1947-1956. Notifiable Disease. 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 Small Pox 1 - - - - - - Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) 34 65 2 2 37 3 Erysipelas 12 13 7 9 9 8 Scarlet Fever 152 199 85 72 82 87 Meningococcal Infection 3 1 - 1 6 2 Acute Polio-Myelitis and Acute Polio-Encephalitis 27 7 4 3 2 1 Ophthalmia Neonatorum 2 5 3 - 1 2 Anthrax 1 1 - - - - Enteric Fever 1 - - - 1 - Puerperal Pyrexia 4 5 5 4 18 19 1 Puerperal Fever 4 - - - - - Food Poisoning - - - - - - Dysentery 4 2 1 4 131 7 Paratyphoid Fevers - - - - - - Malaria 1 1 - - - - - Pneumonia (Acute Primary and Acute Influenzal) 52 43 57 16 28 25 40 Whooping Cough 297 237 40 267 75 124 40 Measles 334 899 771 367 1197 716 514 Scabies 81 42 7 2 6 4 - Tuberculosis — Respiratory System 100 120 105 89 59 72 105 Other forms of Tuberculosis 16 27 12 10 9 8 10