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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 1923
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]
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TABLE VI.
| Disease. | Ages of Cases Notified. | Totals. | Total Cases Notified in each Ward | Total cases removed to Hospital. | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under One Year. | 1 to 2 | 2 to 3 | 3 to 4 | 4 to 5 | 5 to 10 | 10 to 15 | 15 to 20 | 20 to 35 | 35 to 45 | 45 to 65 | 65 and upwards | 1* | 2* | 3* | 4* | 5* | 6* | ||||
| Diphtheria | – | – | 4 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 1 | – | – | 56 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 18 | 6 | 51 | |
| Scarlet Fever | – | 3 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 67 | 26 | 6 | 12 | 1 | – | – | 142 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 46 | 41 | 13 | 105 | |
| Enteric Fever (including Paratyphoid) | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 2 | – | 1 | – | 5 | 2 | – | 2 | – | – | 1 | 1 | |
| Puerperal Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8 | 1 | – | – | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | 9 | 4 | |
| Pneumonia: Primary | 3 | 2 | – | – | – | 4 | 3 | 3 | – | 6 | 10 | 1 | 32 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 7 | – | |
| Influenzal | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | 3 | 1 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 2 | 2 | – | |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | |
| Malaria | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | 2 | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | |
| Dysentery | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Erysipelas | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 1 | – | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | – | |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | |
| Tuberculosis: | |||||||||||||||||||||
| (a) Pulmonary | Male | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 43 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 4 | – |
| Female | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 49 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 2 | – | |
| (6) Non-Pulmonary | Male | 1 | – | – | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 10 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 5 | 3 | – |
| Female | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | – | 1 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | – | |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | |
| Total | 8 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 18 | 97 | 47 | 26 | 78 | 45 | 34 | 7 | 393 | 39 | 44 | 33 | 113 | 108 | 56 | 161 | |
* (1) Drayton Ward, (2) Castlebar, (3) Mount Park, (4) Lammas, (5) Manor, (6) Grange.