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Ealing 1927
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]
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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 are
compared with those of the Borough for the previous ten
years:—
TABLE V.
| Disease | 1917 | 1918 | 1919 | 1920 | 1921 | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | 1925 | 1926 | 1927 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diphtheria | 66 | 36 | 46 | 56 | 186 | 282 | 56 | 61 | 40 | 72 | 53 |
| Scarlet Fever | 91 | 61 | 201 | 171 | 665 | 487 | 142 | 123 | 107 | 156 | 136 |
| Enteric Fever (including Paratyphoid) | 3 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 14 |
| Puerperal Fever | — | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 6 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | - | — | 3 | 15 |
| Pneumonia : | |||||||||||
| Primary | — | - | 30 | 38 | 21 | 33 | 32 | 47 | 57 | 47 | 66 |
| Influenzal | — | - | 33 | 27 | 17 | 22 | 7 | 27 | 22 | 17 | 38 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 2 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 3 | — | 1 | — |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 1 | — | 3 | 4 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 2 |
| Malaria | — | — | 40 | 27 | 3 | 4 | 2 | — | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| Dysentery | — | — | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Erysipelas | 33 | 24 | 22 | 30 | 27 | 22 | 17 | 25 | 17 | 15 | 18 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | — | — | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| Tuberculosis:— | |||||||||||
| (a) Pulmonary | 92 | 110 | 83 | 63 | 80 | 69 | 92 | 74 | 90 | 93 | 89 |
| 17 | 22 | 25 | 17 | 23 | 16 | 26 | 31 | 25 | 21 | 16 | |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 4 |
| Total | 309 | 265 | 503 | 455 | 1036 955 | 393 | 412 | 381 | 442 | 469 | |
Diphtheria.—There were only 53 cases of diphtheria notified
in the whole Borough. The cases were distributed throughout
the year as indicated in Table VI. It will be seen that the month
of March provided the largest number in any month, whereas the
month of December provided no cases.