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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 1959
[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 | 10 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 18 | 153 |
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Nil |
| Pneumonia | 5 | 13 | 22 | 5 | 2 | — | — | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 62 |
| Erysipelas | — | — | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Dysentery | 3 | — | 8 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 33 |
| Measles | 256 | 453 | 209 | 129 | 37 | 37 | 26 | 6 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 1157 |
| Whooping cough | 3 | — | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 46 |
| Paratyphoid fever | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Poliomyelitis:— | |||||||||||||
| Paralytic | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Non-Paralytic | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Encephalitis:- | |||||||||||||
| Infective | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Nil |
| Post- Infectious | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Nil |
| Meningococcal infection | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Nil |
| Food poisoning | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 4 | - | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 16 |
Winter Respiratory Diseases (October—March).
| Notifications of primary pneumonia and acute influenzal-pneumonia. | Death certificates in which respiratory diseases mentioned. | |
|---|---|---|
| 1955-56 | 57 | 187 |
| 1956-57 | 30 | 98 |
| 1957-58 | 71 | 172 |
| 1958-59 | 57 | 152 |
| 1959-60 | 33 | 133 |