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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 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wembley]
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Notifications of Selected Infectious Diseases according to sex and age as finally diagnosed.
| Age group. | Scarlet Whooping Diphfever. cough, theria. | Measles. | Poliomyelitis Non-Para- Paralytic. lytic. | Age group. | Dysentery. | Acute pneumonia. | Erysipelas | Meningococcal infection. | Encephalitis | Paratyphoid fever. | Food Poisoning. | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Acute infective. | Post infectious. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| M. | F. | M | F. | M | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | ||
| 0 | 1 | — | 27 | 27 | — | — | 13 | 9 | 1 | — | — | — | 0 | 24 | 9 | 7 | 3 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 2 |
| 1 | 5 | 3 | 62 | 71 | — | — | 136 | 1 | — | — | — | 5 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 6 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | —- | — | 4 | — | |
| 3 | 23 | 90 | 98 | — | — | 215 | 204 | — | — | 1 | — | 15 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 1 | — | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | ||
| 5 | 58 | 46 | 150 | 158 | — | — | 322 | 359 | — | — | — | — | 45 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 7 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | |
| 5 | 9 | — | 1 | — | — | 13 | 6 | 1 | — | 2 | — | 65 & over | — | — | 1 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | |||
| 15 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | — | — | 4 | 6 | — | — | 1 | — | Unstated | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 25 & over | 5 | — | 3 | — | — | 4 | 9 | — | — | — | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| All ages | 100 | 77 | 333 | 368 | Nil | 732 | 729 | 3 | — | 4 | 1 | All ages | 43 | 23 | 61 | 55 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | Nil | 1 | — | 4 | ||||