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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
Ealing 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]
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Table II.
Cases of Infectious Disease Notified during- the Year 1914
BOROUGH OF EALING
| Notifiable Disease. | Number of Cases Notified. | Total Cases Notified in Each Locality. | Total cases removed to Hospital. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | Drayton Ward. | Lammas Ward. | Manor Ward. | Grange Ward. | Castle bar Ward. | Mount Park Ward. | ||||||||
| Under 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 45. | 45 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | |||||||||
| Diphtheria (including Membranous croup) | 83 | 13 | 51 | 11 | 8 | — | — | 11 | 32 | 22 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 59 | |
| Erysipelas | 39 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 4 | — |
| Scarlet fever | 511 | 3 | 92 | 352 | 41 | 23 | — | — | 32 | 190 | 153 | 58 | 57 | 21 | 412 |
| Enteric fever | 7 | — | — | 1 | 3 | 3 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 4 |
| Puerperal fever | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 9 | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 91 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 49 | 15 | 2 | 10 | 27 | 25 | 13 | 10 | 6 | — |
| Other forms of ,, | 21 | — | 5 | 7 | 4 | 4 | — | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | — | — |
| Totals | 764 | 14 | 116 | 426 | 72 | 98 | 26 | 11 | 68 | 274 | 217 | 88 | 79 | 37 | 475 |
Ealing Isolation Hospital, South Ealing (Grange Ward). Total available beds, 76. Number of diseases that can be concurrently treated, 3.