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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 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wembley]
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| Disease. | January. | February. | March. | April. | May. | June. | July. | August. | September. | October. | Novem'ber. | December. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet fever | 24 | 24 | 31 | 14 | 55 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 207 |
| Diphtheria | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 5 |
| Pneumonia | 18 | 28 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 8 | — | — | 9 | 7 | 14 | 123 |
| Erysipelas | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | o | 5 | 29 |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | — | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Cerebro-spinal fever | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 3 |
| Dysentery | — | — | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 7 |
| Measles | 246 | 406 | 307 | 132 | 70 | 66 | 50 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1305 |
| Whooping cough | 85 | 77 | 62 | 36 | 49 | 62 | 35 | 38 | 20 | 12 | 24 | 31 | 531 |
| Acute poliomyelitis | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 9 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 26 |
| Acute polioencephalitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Malaria | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Notifications of primary pneumonia and acute influenza l-pneumonia. | Death certificates in which respiratory diseases mentioned. | |
|---|---|---|
| 1943-44 | 151 | 170 |
| 1944-45 | 93 | 92 |
| 1945-46 | 93 | 70 |
| 1946-47 | 100 | 116 |
| 1947-48 | 82 | 90 |