London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1955
[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 fever. | Whooping cough. | Diphtheria. | Measles. | Poliomyelitis | Age group. | Dysentery. | Acute pneumonia. | Erysipelas. | Meningococcal infection. | Encephalitis | Paratyphoid fever | Food Poisoning. | Typhoid fever. | |||||||||||||||||
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| Paralytic. | Nonparalytic. | Acute infective. | Postinfectious. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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. | M. | F. | ||
| 0 | — | — | 5 | 5 | — | — | 17 | 6 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 5 | 1 | — | — |
| 1 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 18 | — | — | 122 | 94 | — | — | — | — | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | — |
| 3 | 12 | 8 | 15 | 21 | — | — | 141 | 145 | 2 | — | 2 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 3 | — | — |
| 5 | 31 | 31 | 41 | 53 | — | — | 444 | 436 | 3 | — | 4 | 1 | 45 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | — | — |
| 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | — | — | — | 12 | 5 | 1 | — | 4 | 3 | 65 & over | — | 1 | 5 | 18 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — |
| 15 | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | — | |||||||||||||||||||
| 25 & over | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 4 | 8 | — | 3 | — | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
| All ages | 49 | 50 | 84 | 98 | Nil | 743 | 700 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 9 | All ages | 8 | 10 | 48 | 50 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | Nil | 1 | 1 | Nil | 12 | 10 | Nil | ||||