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Ealing 1926
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]
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—31—
PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER, INFECTIOUS
DISEASES.
The numbers of the various infectious diseases notified in the
whole of the extended Borough are indicated in Table V and aire
compared with, those for the old Borough for the previous nine
years
TABLE V.
| Disease | 1917 | 1918 | 1919 | 1920 | » 1921 | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | 1925 | 1926 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diphtheria | 66 | 36 | 46 | 56 | 186 | 282 | 56 | 61 | 40 | 72 |
| Scarlet Fever | 91 | 61 | 201 | 171 | 665 | 487 | 142 | 123 | 107 | 156 |
| Enteric Fever (in eluding Paratyphoid) | 3 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 4 |
| Puerperal Fever | — | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 6 | I |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | — | — | - | - | - | — | — | -— | 3 |
| Pneumonia : | ||||||||||
| Primary | — | - | 30 | 38 | 21 | 33 | 32 | 47 | 57 | 47 |
| Influenzal | - | - | 33 | 27 | 17 | 22 | 7 | 27 | 22 | 17 |
| Acute PoUomyelitis | 2 | 1 | — | — | 1 | - | - | 3 | — | 1 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 1 | — | 3 | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | — | — |
| Malaria | - | - | 40 | 27 | 3 | 4 | 2 | - | 2 | 5 |
| Dysentery | - | - | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Erysipelas | 33 | 24 | 22 | 30 | 27 | 22 | 17 | 25 | 17 | 15 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | - | - | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| Tuberculosis: | ||||||||||
| (a) Pulmonary | 92 | 110 | 83 | 63 | 80 | 69 | 92 | 74 | 90 | 93 |
| (6) Non-Pulmonary | 17 | 22 | 25 | 17 | 23 | 16 | 26 | 31 | 25 | 21 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 |
| Total | 309 | 265 | 503 | 455 | 1036 | 955 | 393 | 412 | 381 | 442 |
Diphtheria.—There were 72 cases of diphtheria notified during
the year. The cases were distributed throughout the year as
indicated in Table VI. It will be seen that the month of February
provided no cases, whereas the month of May produced almost
double that of any other month.