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
Hayes and Harlington 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hayes]
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| Disease | AT AGES | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 year | 1—2 | 3—4 | 5—9 | 10—14 | 15—24 | 25 and over | Age unknown | Totals | |
| Scarlet Fever | 1 | 4 | 9 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 52 |
| Whooping Cough | 8 | 11 | 22 | 30 | — | — | 2 | - | 73 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Measles | 2 | 12 | 19 | 39 | — | — | — | 3 | 75 |
| AT AGES | |||||||||
| 5—14 | 15—44 | 45—64 | 65 and over | Totals | |||||
| Acute Pneumonia | 6 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 42 | ||
| Dysentery | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | |||
| Erysipelas | — | — | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | ||
| Food Poisoning | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | ||
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | 6 | - | - | - | 6 | ||