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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
Ealing 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]
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The number of cases of infectious disease notified in the Borough in the past twelve years is shown in the following table :
| Disease | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smallpox | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Diphtheria | 48 | 28 | 13 | 17 | 14 | 29 | 11 | 13 | 16 | 3 | 2 | – |
| Scarlet Fever | 166 | 180 | 448 | 228 | 340 | 232 | 133 | 204 | 176 | 294 | 203 | 402 |
| Enteric Fever (including Paratyphoid) | 5 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 3 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 30 | 39 | 41 | 42 | 47 | 35 | 27 | 25 | 27 | 24 | 38 | 70 |
| Pneumonia: Primary | 97 | 105 | 123 | 142 | 110 | 114 | 127 | 189 | 163 | 173 | 162 | 100 |
| Influenzal | 2 7 | 17 | 40 | 9 | 14 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 38 | 28 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 46 | 10 | 34 | 42 | 10 | 21 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 15 | 5 | 1 | – | 6 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 2 | – |
| Malaria | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | – | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Dysentery | 3 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 60 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 24 | 542 | 179 |
| Erysipelas | 26 | 36 | 41 | 30 | 26 | 31 | 38 | 32 | 13 | 24 | 17 | 26 |
| Polio-Encephalitis | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 6 | 4 | 3 | – | – | – |
| Tuberculosis: Pulmonary | 195 | 223 | 233 | 173 | 194 | 275 | 204 | 206 | 205 | 209 | 210 | 211 |
| Non-Pulmonary | 28 | 38 | 5i | 30 | 23 | 33 | 25 | 27 | 32 | 41 | 24 | 29 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 2 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | – | 5 | 3 | 6 | – |
| Totals | 653 | 689 | 1004 | 700 | 840 | 788 | 641 | 730 | 706 | 869 | 1258 | 1069 |
The number of cases of infectious disease originally notified
sometimes varies due to changes of diagnosis and the following
table is therefore given to show the final numbers after correction.
Disease
Smallpox –
Diphtheria –
Scarlet Fever 399
Enteric Fever (including Paratyphoid)
2
Puerperal Pyrexia 70
Pneumonia:
Primary 100
Influenzal 28
Acute Poliomyelitis 21
Disease
Cerebro-Spinal Fever –
Malaria 1
Dysentery 96
Erysipelas 26
Polio-Encephalitis –
Tuberculosis:
Pulmonary 211
Non-Pulmonary 29
Ophthalmia Neonatorum –
Total 983