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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 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wembley]
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| Disease. | January. | February. | March. | April. | May. | June. | July. | August. | September. | October. | November. | December. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet fever | 15 | 13 | 29 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 127 |
| Diphtheria | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Nil |
| Pneumonia | 18 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 74 |
| Erysipelas | 1 | – | 6 | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
| Dysentery | 2 | 3 | — | — | 11 | 1 | 5 | — | — | — | 3 | – | 25 |
| Measles | 852 | 609 | 189 | 58 | 49 | 11 | 6 | 2 | – | – | 1 | – | 1777 |
| Whooping cough | 13 | 10 | 13 | 40 | 36 | 35 | 52 | 45 | 21 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 282 |
| Paratyphoid fever | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 2 |
| Poliomyelitis:— | |||||||||||||
| Paralytic | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | — | 10 |
| Non-Paralytic | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | 1 | — | 5 |
| Encephalitis:— | |||||||||||||
| Infective | — | — | — | — | – | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Post-Infectious | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Nil |
| Meningococcal infection | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Nil |
| Food poisoning | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 15 |
| Notifications of primary pneumonia and acute influenzal-pneumonia. | Death certificates in which respiratory diseases mentioned. | |
|---|---|---|
| 1949-50 | 77 | 76 |
| 1950-51 | 73 | 171 |
| 1951-52 | 45 | 99 |
| 1952-53 | 75 | 210 |
| 1953-54 | 40 | 163 |