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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 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wembley]
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Monthly incidence of the Infectious Diseases.
| Disease. | January. | February. | March. | April. | May. | June. | July. | August. | September | October. | November. | December. | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet fever | 25 | 34 | 40 | 25 | 27 | 12 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 26 | 95 |
| Diphtheria | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | - |
| Pneumonia | 17 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 3 | - |
| Erysipelas | 2 | 3 | — | 4 | — | 1 | 3 | — | 5 | 2 | 1 | - | |
| Dysentery | — | — | 15 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 3 | - |
| Measles | 9 | 24 | 303 | 372 | 172 | 145 | 183 | 94 | 7 | 7 | 77 | 82 | - |
| Whooping cough | 7 | 2 | 15 | 39 | 43 | 38 | 35 | 52 | 30 | 26 | 56 | 79 | |
| Paratyphoid fever | — | — | – | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | - |
| Poliomyelitis:— | |||||||||||||
| Paralytic | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | - |
| Nonparalytic | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 5 | 2 | — | — | — | - |
| Encephalitis:— | |||||||||||||
| Infective | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | - |
| Post-Infectious | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | - |
| Meningococcal infection | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | - |
| Food poisoning | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | - |
Winter Respiratory Diseases (October — March).
| Notifications of primary pneumonia and acute influenzal-pneumonia. | Death certfi-cates in whichrespiratory diseases mentioned. | |
|---|---|---|
| 1946-47 | 100 | 110 |
| 1947-48 | 82 | 90 |
| 1948-49 | 97 | 123 |
| 1949-50. | 77 | 76 |
| 1950-51 | 73 | 171 |