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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 1958
[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 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 1 | — | 1 | 10 | 13 | 79 |
| Diphtheria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Nil |
| Pneumonia | 10 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | — | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 64 |
| Erysipelas | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 9 |
| Dysentery | 3 | 1 | 3 | — | 1 | — | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 13 |
| Measles | 6 | 14 | 23 | 120 | 167 | 274 | 139 | 50 | 8 | 1 | 15 | 58 | 875 |
| Whooping cough | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | — | — | 1 | 22 |
| Typhoid fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| Poliomyelitis:— | |||||||||||||
| Paralytic | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Nil |
| Non-Paralytic | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Nil |
| Encephalitis:— | |||||||||||||
| Infective | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Nil |
| Postinfectious | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Nil |
| Meningococcal infection | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Nil |
| Food poisoning | 1 | 3 | — | 1 | 2 | — | 4 | 2 | 3 | — | — | 1 | 17 |
| Notifications of primary pneumonia and acute influenzal-pneumonia. | Death certificates in which respiratory diseases mentioned. | |
|---|---|---|
| 1954-55 | 56 | 156 |
| 1955-56 | 57 | 187 |
| 1956-57 | 30 | 98 |
| 1957-58 | 71 | 172 |
| 1958-59 | 57 | 152 |