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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 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]
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TABLE VII.
| Disease | Ages of Cases Notified. | Totals | 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 | |||
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Diphtheria | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 45 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 1 | - | 90 | 86 |
| Scarlet Fever | - | 3 | 7 | 13 | 16 | 110 | 29 | 27 | 20 | 3 | 3 | - | 231 | 198 |
| Enteric Fever (including Paratyphoid) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Puerperal Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | 2 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1 | - | 13 | 9 |
| Pneumonia: Primary | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 18 | 15 | 14 | 100 | 23 |
| Influenzal | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 19 | 59 | 9 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Malaria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | - | - | 4 | - |
| Dysentery | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ervsipelas | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 24 | 3 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | 3 | 1 |
| Tuberculosis: | ||||||||||||||
| - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 26 | 10 | 15 | - | 61 | - | |
| Female | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 6 | 24 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 48 | - |
| - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | 15 | - | |
| Female | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 3 | 7 | - | - | - | 12 | - |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | - |
| Total | 14 | 7 | 15 | 21 | 30 | 172 | 53 | 60 | 131 | 59 | 76 | 37 | 675 | 334 |