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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 1964
[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 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 7 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 4 | 57 |
| Diphtheria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Nil |
| Pneumonia | 3 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | — | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | 30 |
| Erysipelas | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 |
| Dysentery | 4 | 5 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 19 | 3 | 36 |
| Measles | 3 | 29 | 55 | 14 | 22 | 10 | 44 | 99 | 4 | 14 | 64 | 64 | 422 |
| Whooping cough | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | — | 1 | — | 35 |
| Paratyphoid fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Nil |
| Poliomyelitis :— | |||||||||||||
| Paralytic | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Nil |
| Non-Paralytic | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Nil |
| Encephalitis :— | |||||||||||||
| Infective | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Nil |
| Postinfectious | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Meningococcal infection | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Food poisoning | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 6 |
| Notifications of primary pneumonia and acute influenzal-pneumonia. | Death certificates in which respiratory infection mentioned. | |
|---|---|---|
| 1960-61 | 38 | 175 |
| 1961-62 | 35 | 139 |
| 1962-63 | 26 | 218 |
| 1963-64 | 21 | 168 |
| 1964-65 | 17 | 201 |