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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
Wembley 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wembley]
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CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE (OTHER THAN TUBERCULOSIS) NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1936.
| NOTIFIABLE DISEASE | Total Cases Notified at all ages | Cases Notified in the Whole District | Total removed to Hospital. | Total deaths. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages—Years | |||||||||||||||
| Under 1 | 1-2 | 2-3 | 3-4 | 4-5 | 5-10 | 10-15 | 15-20 | 20-35 | 35-45 | 45-65 | 65 & over | ||||
| Scarlet Fever | 310 | 1 | - | 10 | 18 | 28 | 155 | 39 | 13 | 32 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 251 | 3 |
| Diphtheria | 37 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 6 | — | 4 | 4 | — | — | 35 | 6 |
| Enteric Fever (including Paratyphoid) | 9 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | — | 9 | — |
| Puerperal Fever | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | 5 | 1 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 17 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 15 | 1 | — | — | 17 | — |
| Pneumonia | 110 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 24 | l6 | 21 | 8 | — | 45 |
| Erysipelas | 22 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | — | — | 1 | 6 | 3 | 10 | — | 6 | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 8 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | — |
| Acute Anterior Poliomyelitis | 15 | - | 2 | 1 | 3 | - | 6 | 2 | — | 1 | - | - | — | 10 | — |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | — |
| Polio-Encephalitis | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | — |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | — |