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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 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wembley]
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| Disease. | Total | Alperton | Central | Chalkhill | Fryent | The Hyde | Roe Green | Kenton | Preston | Sudbury Court | Sudbury | Wemblev Park | Tokyngton | Total removed to hospital | Percentage of cases removed to hospital |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet fever | 237 | 22 | 8 | 19 | 20 | 30 | 35 | 29 | 19 | 2 | 27 | 9 | 17 | 143 | 60.34 |
| Diphtheria | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 100.00 |
| Pneumonia | 139 | 38 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 20 | 14.39 |
| Erysipelas | 26 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | - | 4 | 5 | 7 | 26.92 |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | Nil | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cerebro-spinal fever | 3 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 3 | 100.00 |
| Dysentery | 5 | - | - | 1 | 3 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 60.00 |
| Measles | 1,146 | 240 | 50 | 96 | 137 | 105 | 64 | 93 | 134 | 34 | 79 | 44 | 70 | 17 | 1.68 |
| Whooping cough | 252 | 36 | 6 | 20 | 31 | 24 | 6 | 33 | 29 | 8 | 36 | 6 | 17 | 11 | 4.37 |
| Acute poliomyelitis | 11 | - | - | 1 | 6 | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 10 | 90.91 |
| Acute polioencephalitis | 2 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 100.00 |
| Smallpox | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 100.00 |
| Paratyphoid fever | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 100.00 |
| Food Poisoning | 15 | 5 | 1 | - | 3 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | 00.00 |
| *Puerperal Pvrexia | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 100.00 |
| * Kingsbury Maternity Hospital case—Willesden Resident. | |||||||||||||||